Sultanate of Jaunpur

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Indo-Islamic polity historical sultanate medieval Indian kingdom

The Sultanate of Jaunpur was a prominent 15th-century Indo-Islamic kingdom in northern India, renowned for its independent rule after the decline of the Delhi Sultanate and for its distinctive contributions to regional architecture and culture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jaunpur Sultanate	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Islamic polity ⓘ historical sultanate ⓘ medieval Indian kingdom ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Sharqi style ⓘ
capital	Jaunpur NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	conflicts with the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ wars with the Lodi dynasty ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	India (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluence	development of regional Indo-Islamic art ⓘ patronage of learning and literature ⓘ
currency	tanka ⓘ
dissolutionReason	conquest by Sikandar Lodi ⓘ
dynasty	Sharqi dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	c. 1479 ⓘ
firstRuler	Malik Sarwar NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Delhi Sultanate under Lodi rule NERFINISHED ⓘ Lodi dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Khwaja Jahan Malik Sarwar NERFINISHED ⓘ Malik Sarwar NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	sultanate ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-Mughal period ⓘ
knownFor	Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ independent rule after decline of Delhi Sultanate ⓘ mosques of Jaunpur ⓘ regional cultural patronage ⓘ
language	Hindavi ⓘ Persian (administrative) ⓘ
lastRuler	Husain Shah Sharqi NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	northern India ⓘ
namedAfter	Jaunpur NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBuilding	Atala Masjid, Jaunpur NERFINISHED ⓘ Jama Masjid, Jaunpur NERFINISHED ⓘ Lal Darwaza Masjid, Jaunpur NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Indo-Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ late medieval India ⓘ
peakPeriod	reign of Ibrahim Shah Sharqi ⓘ
precededBy	Delhi Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Gangetic plain ⓘ eastern Uttar Pradesh (present-day) ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
ruler	Husain Shah Sharqi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibrahim Shah Sharqi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahmud Shah Sharqi NERFINISHED ⓘ Malik Sarwar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mubarak Shah Sharqi NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	c. 1394 ⓘ

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

Ilyas Shahi dynasty → diplomaticRelations → Sultanate of Jaunpur ⓘ

North Indian kingdoms → hasPart → Sultanate of Jaunpur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jaunpur Sultanate

Jaunpur district → historicalAssociation → Sultanate of Jaunpur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jaunpur Sultanate