- Mamluk dynasty of Delhi
The Mamluk Dynasty or Ghulam Dynasty (
Urdu : غلام خاندان,Hindi : ग़ुलाम ख़ानदान) served as the first Sultans of Delhi in India from1206 to1290 . The founder of the dynasty,Qutb-ud-din Aybak , was a Turkish ex-slave of the Aybak tribe who rose to command the armies and administer the territory of Muhammad Ghori in India.After Muhammad Ghori's death in
1206 without an heir, Qut-bud-din fought off rivals to take possession of Muhammad Ghori's Indian empire. He established his capital first atLahore , and later atDelhi , where he started building theQutb complex .Qut-bud-din died accidentally in
1210 , and after a succession struggle,Iltutmish , another Turkish ex-slave, emerged as Sultan. Iltutmish married Qut-bud-din's daughter, and all but one of the later sultans of the dynasty were his descendants, including his daughter, Razia, who reigned for four years. SultanBalban was also an ex-slave, who commanded the armies of Sultan Nasir-ud-din, and kept theMongol s at bay, eventually securing the throne for himself. After the brief reigns of Balban's grandson and great-grandson, the Mamluk dynasty was overthrown byJalal-ud-din Feroz Khalji of theKhilji dynasty , who had established themselves inBihar andBengal in Muhammad Ghori's reign.List of sultans
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Qutb-ud-din Aybak (1206–1210)
*Aram Shah (1210–1211)
*Shams ud din Iltutmish (1211–1236), son-in-law of Qut-bud-din Aybak.
*Rukn ud din Firuz (1236), son of Iltutmish.
*Raziyyat-ud-din Sultana (1236–1240), daughter of Iltutmish.
*Muiz ud din Bahram (1240–1242), son of Iltutmish.
*Ala ud din Masud (1242–1246), son of Ruk-nud-din.
*Nasir ud din Mahmud (1246–1266), son of Iltutmish.
*Ghiyas ud din Balban (1266–1286), ex-slave, son-in-law of Iltutmish.
*Muiz ud din Qaiqabad (1286–1290), grandson of Balban and Nasir-ud-din.
*Kayumars of Delhi (1290), son of Muiz-ud-din.ee also
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Delhi Sultanate External links
* [http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/mamluks.html Mamluks - Military slave dynasty]
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