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Sunday 2 October 2011

The Delhi Sultanate - Decline

The Delhi Sultanate began to disintegrate following the death of Muhammed bin Tughlaq. His successor Firuz Shah, was not able to rescue the Tughlaq dynasty from its decline and eventually it too was overthrown. In fact he made the crucial mistake of reviving the jagir (land grant) system, which further strengthened the power of the nobles. A number of factors like weak successive dynasties and foreign invasions led to the end of the Sultanate.
One of the most famous invaders of the time was Amir Timur. Seeing the chaotic situation in the country the feared military leader invaded India. The Sultanate rulers fought to defend their empire but their struggle was in vain, they were comprehensively defeated and forced to flee. Timur then descended into the city of Delhi and for several days indulged in plunder and destruction. Timur however had no intention of remaining in India, and after
spending about a fortnight in Delhi, he began the journey out of India, plundering several regions along the way. He left Khizr Khan Sayyid as the governor of his possessions and left the country, leaving behind a trail of devastation. Sayyid and the Lodis were two quick dynasties that existed in the twilight years of the Delhi Sultanate, before its eventual disintegration. They ruled for too short a period to have made any significant contributions or any attempt to restore the Sultanate. Whilst they did build some fine monuments and held grand courts, in power and stature they were a mere shadow of the earlier Sultanate rulers. After the decline of the Delhi Sultanate, various regional kingdoms came up. One of the most spectacular of these was the Hindu kingdom of the south, Vijayanagar. The political system in India went through its next major change when Babur entered India, and founded the Mughal Dynasty, the last great empire of Indian history,.
The Delhi Sultanate began to disintegrate following the death of Muhammed bin Tughlaq. His successor Firuz Shah, was not able to rescue the Tughlaq dynasty from its decline and eventually it too was overthrown. In fact he made the crucial mistake of reviving the jagir (land grant) system, which further strengthened the power of the nobles. A number of factors like weak successive dynasties and foreign invasions led to the end of the Sultanate.
One of the most famous invaders of the time was Amir Timur. Seeing the chaotic situation in the country the feared military leader invaded India. The Sultanate rulers fought to defend their empire but their struggle was in vain, they were comprehensively defeated and forced to flee. Timur then descended into the city of Delhi and for several days indulged in plunder and destruction. Timur however had no intention of remaining in India, and after spending about a fortnight in Delhi, he began the journey out of India, plundering several regions along the way. He left Khizr Khan Sayyid as the governor of his possessions and left the country, leaving behind a trail of devastation. Sayyid and the Lodis were two quick dynasties that existed in the twilight years of the Delhi Sultanate, before its eventual disintegration. They ruled for too short a period to have made any significant contributions or any attempt to restore the Sultanate. Whilst they did build some fine monuments and held grand courts, in power and stature they were a mere shadow of the earlier Sultanate rulers. After the decline of the Delhi Sultanate, various regional kingdoms came up. One of the most spectacular of these was the Hindu kingdom of the south, Vijayanagar. The political system in India went through its next major change when Babur entered India, and founded the Mughal Dynasty, the last great empire of Indian history,.

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