Sultan of Delhi

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Muslim ruler monarch royal title

The Sultan of Delhi was the Muslim sovereign ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, a powerful medieval Indian kingdom that controlled large parts of the subcontinent before the rise of the Mughal Empire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sultan of Delhi canonical 23
Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate 2
Delhi Sultan 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
capital Delhi ⓘ
country Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
dynastySequence Khalji dynasty ⓘ
Lodi dynasty ⓘ
Mamluk dynasty of Delhi ⓘ
Sayyid dynasty ⓘ
Tughlaq dynasty ⓘ
endTime 1526 ⓘ
firstHolder Qutb al-Din Aibak ⓘ
firstHolderDynasty Mamluk dynasty of Delhi ⓘ
followedBy Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Mughal emperor ⓘ
governmentForm sultanate ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Persian ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
legitimizedBy Islamic law ⓘ
recognition by Muslim scholars (ulama) ⓘ
notableHolder Alauddin Khalji ⓘ
Ghiyas ud din Balban ⓘ
surface form: Balban

Firoz Shah Tughlaq ⓘ
surface form: Firuz Shah Tughluq

Ibrahim Lodi ⓘ
Iltutmish ⓘ
Muhammad bin Tughlaq ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad bin Tughluq

Sikandar Lodi ⓘ
overthrownBy Babur ⓘ
Mughal conquest of northern India ⓘ
surface form: Mughal invasion of India
partOf Islamic monarchies in India ⓘ
positionHeldIn Delhi ⓘ
precededBy Hindu dynasties of North India ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
responsibleFor introduction of Persianate court culture in North India ⓘ
military expansion in North India ⓘ
patronage of Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ
startTime 1206 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Delhi region ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
parts of Bengal ⓘ
parts of Bihar ⓘ
parts of Deccan at various times ⓘ
parts of Gujarat ⓘ
parts of Rajasthan ⓘ
parts of Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
titleStyle Padshah (for some rulers) ⓘ
Sultan ⓘ
usedIn South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

medieval India ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lodis → usedTitle → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Lodi dynasty
Ibrahim Lodi → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Ibrahim Lodi → title → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Qutb al-Din Aibak → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Iltutmish → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Alauddin Khalji → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Muhammad bin Tughlaq → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Firoz Shah Tughlaq → title → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Bahlul Lodi → title → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Sikandar Lodi → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Ahmad Shah I → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultan of Gujarat
Mughal Emperor → follows → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delhi Sultan
Jalal-ud-din Khalji → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Ghiyas ud din Balban → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Khizr Khan → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Alam Shah → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Aram Shah → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Aram Shah → title → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Muiz ud-Din Bahram → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Shihabuddin Omar → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Khusró Khān → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Muhammad Shah → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate
Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Nizam Khan → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate
Ghulam dynasty of Delhi → usedTitle → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Mubarak Shah → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ
Muiz ud din Qaiqabad → positionHeld → Sultan of Delhi ⓘ