ABSTRACT

This book provides an integrated view of the Delhi Sultanate government from 1206 to 1526. It is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the political events and the dynastic history of the Sultans and the second part with the administration, different land issues, social life including two major religious movements and other cultural aspects including architecture and sculpture. The growth of the city of Delhi has been shown here perhaps for the first time.
Most of the books on Delhi Sultanate mainly narrate the political events. Here other aspects have been included to show the real character of the Sultanate. It may be mentioned that the English officials from the end of the eighteenth Century had termed the medieval period of India as a ‘dark age’ – a statement that has been accepted by several Indian writers. It is to negate this view that an integrated narrative has been provided here.
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part I|254 pages

chapter Chapter 1|7 pages

Sources

chapter Chapter 2|13 pages

Background

chapter Chapter 3|16 pages

Ghur Invasion of India

chapter Chapter 4|48 pages

The Turkish Sultanate of Delhi

chapter Chapter 5|53 pages

The Khalji Dynasty

chapter Chapter 6|83 pages

Tughluq Dynasty

chapter Chapter 7|15 pages

Syed Dynasty (1414–1451)

chapter Chapter 8|19 pages

Lodi Dynasty (1451–1526)

part II|162 pages

chapter Chapter 9|38 pages

Structure of Sultanate Rule

Nature, Ideology, Departments, Land

chapter Chapter 10|28 pages

Trade and Commerce Including Shipping

chapter Chapter 13|16 pages

Science and Technology in Delhi Sultanate

chapter Chapter 14|18 pages

Social Life under the Sultanate of Delhi

chapter Chapter 15|11 pages

Religious Movements

chapter Chapter 16|9 pages

Concluding Remarks

chapter |4 pages