the sultanate of delhi

8/6/2019 The Sultanate of Delhi

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THE SULTANATE OF DELHI.


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Background (the Chauhans, et.

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The 11th C. passed without further invasions inIndia, because, after the death of Mahmud,some Muslims advisors in Arabia lost interest forIndia and wanted to focus in Persia.

This was gladly taken by some Indian families,like the Chauhan, who by mid 12th C. hadcontrolled the territory around Delhi.

Their historians claimed that they had thriven

the Muslims out of Indian territory, althoughfacts suggest that they simply came to dominatewhat the Arabs and Turks left.


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Background (the Chauhans, et

al.) The most famous Chauhan kings was PrithvirajIII, who sized the throne by 1178.

He is considered a true hero, fighter and

defeater of the Turks.

Some other smaller kingdoms that appear at the

same time were Kanauj (Central Ganges), Sena

(Bengali region), Bundelkhand (who later

expanded to form a bigger one at costs of theKanauj) and Malwa (absorbed by this latter)


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Prithviraj III


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Kanauj


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Bundelkhand


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Malwa


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Background (the Chauhans, et

al.) 11th and 12th Cs. were specially rich in religiousarchitecture as a consequence of the Musliminvasions.

The most famous ones: Khajurahoo (Chandella),

Kandariya-Mahadeva, Mount Abu (Jainist).

These kingdoms and their culture were the last

attempts of the Indians to rebuilt their society

and culture before the real Muslim dominancecommenced


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Khajurahoo


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Mount Abu


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The Ghurid domination

Ghor. Region at the North of Kabul. They were those who completed the invasion in

India for good.

His king, no other than Muhammad al Ghor(Turk), brought his kingdom to expand over the

Ghaznavi territories (starting with Afganistan).

Threatened by him, the Indian kingdoms formed

an alliance under the guidance of Raja Prithvi.


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The Slave dynasty

The alliance was able to defeat Muhammad in firstinstance in the First Battle of Tarain (1191).

Muhammad, reorganizing his troops stroke back.

His military tactics were in 1192 too much for the

100,000 miserable Indian souls that fell straight tohell (Hazan Nizami).

The Turks easily defeated the Indians, after anultimatum, in the 2nd Battle of Tarain.

Several ideological factors (social, political, militaryand religious) played a role in the easy victory of theMuslims over the Indians.


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The Slave dynasty They consolidate their control by leaving military basis

to administrate those points whose main duty was tocharge and collect the taxes.

After the death of Muhammad, his power was inheritedby comander Qutb-ud-din Aibak.

But he didnt want it and decline it to honor the Indianking Iltumish.

Iltumish was recognized by the Caliph of Bagdad andproclaimed Sultan, while Aibak his minister.

With this, the independence of India from the Ghurid

Empire was granted. Dehli became the capital of the Slave Dynasty until

1290.


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