Delhi Sultanate Flashcards
Who was the first among Muslims to invade India?
Arabs
Mohhamad bin Quasim was
Governor of Basra
When did Mohammad bin Qasim invade India?
712 CE
Who were the second among muslims to invade India?
Turks
Who led 17 expeditions to India?
Mohhamad of Ghazni
When did Mohammad Ghazni conduct his expeditions to India?
1000-1027 CE
Who wrote Kitab Ul Hind?
Alberuni
Who accompanied Mohhamad Ghazni in his expeditions?
Alberuni, Persian scholar
Where was the 15th expedition carried out?
Somnath temple, Gujarat
First Battle of Tarain
1191 CE
Second Battle of Tarain
1192 CE
When did Mohammad Ghazni die?
1030 CE
What happened in the Battle of Tarain (both)?
Prithviraj Chouhan won and then in the second battle he was defeated and captured by Mohammad Ghori
When did Ghori invade India?
1175 CE
Who was Ghori’s trusted slave?
Qutub ud din Aibak
When did Ghori die?
1206 CE
Sultanate of Delhi dynasties
Slave Khilji Tughlak Sayyid Lodhi
Slave dynasty?
1206-1290 CE
Khilji?
1290-1320 CE
Tughlak
1320-1413 CE
Sayyid?
1414-1451 CE
Lodhi?
1451-1526 CE
What does Khilji mean in Turkish?
Swordsmen
Who was the first ruler of Khilji dynasty?
Jalaluddin Khilji
How did Jalaluddin Khilji die?
Killed by his ambitious nephew Alla ud din Khilji
What did Alla ud din Khilji do to gain power?
Invaded Malwa, captured Bilsa, proceeded against Devagiri and defeated Ramachandra, came to Khara and killed his uncle
Where was Alla ud din a governer of initially?
Khara
What year did Alla ud din do all the things to gain power?
1292 CE
What were Alla ud din Khilji’s generals names?
Ulugh Khan and Nazrath Khan
Conquest of Gujarat
King Karnadeva, Nazarath and Ulugh defeated and looted, Karnadeva fled with his daughter but wife Kamaladevi was captured, Hazar dinari
Malik Kafur
Eunuch named Hazar dinari
Conquest of Rathambore
Hamira deva gave shelter to neo muslims, angered AUDK and lost after a 11 month seige
