RLG380H5 Lecture Notes - Amir Khusrow, Tughlaq Dynasty, Toleration
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Mahmud of ghazni waas early important figure. Wasn"t interested in establishing empire, more on raiding. 1175 mahomad of goor (?) tried establishing his own empire from mahmud"s conquered places. Had a fight with rajputs (?) in tar Established of delhi sultanate (early 13th cent) Conquered the yadavas in 1310-11 which was chronicles by amir khusrau (famous persain poet) Downfall of delhi sultanate: power expanding rapidly and they didn"t rule the way modern times do, had loose relationship . He trie to over expand and shifted captial to daulatabad in 14th centrury and there was a lot of power and the delhi sultanate collapsed. Wasn"t case that there were only muslim rulers: Was established in 1345 ce, another group of rulers. 25 years later have this empire in south which is influenced by islamic forms of power (impacted by. Regional sultanates: bijapur, ahmadnagar, berar, bidar, golconda, malwa, gujarat, kashmir. Akbar and the rise of the mughal empire.
