Zaheeruddin Babar
Zaheeruddin Babar Zaheer ud din Muhammad Babur is understood as the founding father of the Mughal dynasty which ruled the Indian Empire for almost 100Read More »Zaheeruddin Babar
Zaheeruddin Babar Zaheer ud din Muhammad Babur is understood as the founding father of the Mughal dynasty which ruled the Indian Empire for almost 100Read More »Zaheeruddin Babar
Ibrahim Lodhi After the death of Sikandar Shah, his eldest son Ibrahim was placed on the throne on 21st November 1517 with the unanimous consentRead More »Ibrahim Lodhi
Sikandar Lodhi Bahlol Lodhi was succeeded by his son Nizam Khan who took up the title of Sikandar Shah. There was some hesitation on theRead More »Sikandar Lodhi
Bahlul Lodhi Bahlol Lodhi was the founding father of the Lodhi Dynasty. In 1419, Sultan Shah, his uncle was appointed the Governor of Sirhind byRead More »Bahlul Lodhi
Muhammad Shah Muhammad Shah was a weak and incompetent ruler and quite unable to deal with the forces of disorder and rebellion. Various governors becameRead More »Muhammad Shah
Mubarak Shah After the death of Khizar Khan, his son Mubarak Shah ascended the throne of Delhi. He ruled for about twelve years, from 1421Read More »Mubarak Shah
Khizr Khan On the death of Muhammad Tughluq, the throne of Delhi was occupied by Daulat Khan Lodhi, who governed the country for about twoRead More »Khizr Khan
Feroze Shah Tughluq Firuz Tughlaq is the third influential king of the Tughlaq dynasty. He was the son of Rajab the youngest brother of Giyathud-ud-TughlaqRead More »Feroze Shah Tughluq
Muhammad Bin Tughluq Muhammad bin Tughlaq Shah generally called Muhammad Tughlaq, who ascended the throne after the death of his father has been a puzzleRead More »Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq Ghiyath-ud-din Tughlaq was the founding father of the Tughlaq Dynasty. His father Malik Tughlaq was a Turkish slave of Ghiyath-ud-din Balban and hisRead More »Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
Alauddin Khilji Alauddin Khalji was the nephew and son-in-law of Jalaluddin Khalji. After the downfall of the Malik Chajju and after being appointed the governorRead More »Alauddin Khilji
Jalaluddin Khilji Malik Feroz, the founding father of the Khalji dynasty, ascended the throne on 3rd June 1290 as Jalaluddin Khilji Firoz Shah. The KhaljisRead More »Jalaluddin Khilji
Ghaisuddin Balban Balban was an Ilbari Turk. His original name was Bahauddin. In his youth, he was imprisoned and sold as a slave in BaghdadRead More »Ghaisuddin Balban
Nasiruddin Mahmood Nasiruddin Mahmud was the posthumous child of the eldest son of Iltutmish Shahzada Nasiruddin. Because of his extreme love for the eldest son,Read More »Nasiruddin Mahmood
Razia Sultana Razia the daughter of Iltutmish, succeeded her half-brother Rukhnuddin Firoz Shah because of the Sultan of Delhi. Her brother was lazy engaged inRead More »Razia Sultana
Shamsuddin Iltutmism Shamsuddin Iltutmish was a slave of Qutbuddin Aibak. Because of the good education and wide knowledge of the Islamic world, which he acquiredRead More »Shamsuddin Iltutmism
Qutbuddin Aibak Qutbuddin Aibak is known in history as the founding father of the slave dynasty and it’s believed that the dynasty derives its nameRead More »Qutbuddin Aibak
Muhammad Ghuri Sultan Shahab-ud-din Muhammad also called, Muizzuddin Muhammad Bin Sam, was born in 1162. He was the younger brother of Ghiasuddin and son ofRead More »Muhammad Ghuri
Al-Behruni Al-Behruni was born in September 5, 973 in Khwarezm. His first twenty-five years were spent in Khwarezm where he studied fiqh, theology, grammar, mathematics,Read More »Al-Behruni
Mahmood Ghaznavi Mahmood Gaznavi was born in 971AD, in khurasan. Mahmood Ghazni was the son of Abu Mansur Sabuktigin, who was a Turkish slave soldierRead More »Mahmood Ghaznavi
Muhammad Bin Qasim Muhammad bin Qasim was born around 695 AD. He belonged to the Saqqafi tribe; which had originated from Taif in Arabia. HeRead More »Muhammad Bin Qasim
Sumundara Gupta Samudragupta (reigned 335-380) was the second ruler of the Gupta Dynasty, who ushered in the Golden Age in India. He was a benevolentRead More »Sumundara Gupta
Kanishka Kanishka was the king of the Kushana Empire in South Asia. Kanishka is considered to be one of the foremost significant rulers of theRead More »Kanishka
Ashoka Ashoka also called Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from CA.Read More »Ashoka
Kautilya Kautilya, also called Chanakya or Vishnugupta (flourished 300 BCE), Hindu statesman and philosopher who wrote a classic treatise on polity, Artha-shastra (“The Science ofRead More »Kautilya
Chandra Gupta Maurya Chandragupta was the founding father of the Maurya dynasty, which ruled ancient India for about 140 years. His troops conquered one northernRead More »Chandra Gupta Maurya