The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History

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The Delhi Sultanate was the first Islamic state to be established in India. In a broad-ranging and accessible narrative, Peter Jackson traces the history of the Sultanate from its foundation in 1210 to its demise in around 1400 following the sack of Delhi by the Central Asian conqueror, Temur (Tamerlane). As a comprehensive treatment of the political history of this period, the book will make a significant contribution to the literature on medieval Indo-Muslim history. Students of Islamic and South Asian history, and those with a general interest in the region, will find it a valuable resource.
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"Unencumbered by the fashion or fad of the day, the author has assembled a handy and readable account of an important period of medieval Indian history." Muslim World Book Review

"This reviewer has seen few recent monographs on Indian history comparable to this as a model of exacting scholarship and intelligent analysis." Choice

"This is a careful and detailed history of the 'Greater' Delhi Sultanate of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries....Jackson provides a solid narrative of political and military events, which can serve as a standard reference for scholars working in this area." Religious Studies Review

"If it is possible to speak of a definitive history of the Delhi Sultanate for our time, this is it. Peter Jackson has written a book that is learned, literate, and judicious, and it must be counted one of the most distinguished contribution to Indian history in our time." American Review

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Table of Contents

List of maps
Preface
Note on transliteration
List of abbreviations
The Thirteenth Century 1
1 The background 3
2 From Ghurid province to Delhi Sultanate 24
3 Sultans and sources 44
4 Turks, Tajiks and Khalaj 61
5 The centre and the provinces 86
6 The Mongol threat 103
7 Raid, conquest and settlement 123
The Zenith of the Sultanate 149
8 Sultans, saints and sources 151
9 The Khalji and Tughluqid nobility 171
10 An age of conquest 193
11 The Chaghadayid invasions 217
12 The military, the economy and administrative reform 238
13 Stupor mundi: the reign of Muhammad b. Tughluq 255
14 The sultans and their Hindu subjects 278
15 Stasis and decline: Firuz Shah and his successors 296
Epilogue: c.1400-1526 321
App. I The term 'Turk' 326
App. II Qilich Khan Mas'ud b. 'Ala' al-Din Jani 327
App. III Qara'unas and Neguderis 328
App. IV 'Ayn al-Mulk Multani and 'Ayn al-Mulk Ibn Mahru 329
App. V The date of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq Shah's death 330
App. VI The ancestry of Tughluq Shah II 332
Genealogical tables 333
Glossary 336
Select bibliography 339
Index 351
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