The period starting from 13th to 17th century was a phase of transition in the history of India, it is popularly known as Medieval Period of Indian History, Here we are with account of some of Important Muslim Emperors of India.
Razia Sultan (1236-1240)
Razia was the only woman ever crowned in the Delhi Sultanate. Although she made important reforms in government, she was ultimately unable to reconcile her Muslim nobility to her ruling as a woman.
Jalauddin Khilji (1296-1316)
He founded Khilji dynasty. He followed mild and generous policy. This generous policy of Sultan affected his foreign policy. He expanded the boundaries of his empire besides his achievements include suppression of the revolt of Malik Chhaju.
Alauddin Khilji (1296-1316)
He was the first Turkish Sultan of Delhi who separated religion from politics. He annexed Gujarat, Ranthambhor, Mewar, Jalor. The most important experiment undertaken by the Alauddin was the attempt to control the markets. He sought to control the prices of all the commodities, from food grains to horse, and from cattle and slaves to costly imported clothes.
Bahlol Lodhi (1451-1488)
He was one of the Afghan Sardars who established himself in Punjab after invasion of Timur. He founded the Lodhi dynasty by usurping the throne from the last of the Sayyid rulers. He was a kind and generous ruler and was always prepared for his subjects. Although he was himself illiterate, he extended his patronage to art and learning.
Sikander Lodhi (1489-1517)
Sikander Lodhi, the son of Bahlol Lodhi, succeded to the throne after him. He took interest in the development of agriculture. He introduced the Gaz-i-Sikandar of 32 digits for measuring cultivated fields.
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Ibrahim Lodhi (1517-1526)
He was the son of Sikandar Lodhi and the last king and Last Sultan of Delhi. The Afghan nobility was brave and freedom loving people but because of its fissiparous and individualistic tendencies the Afghan monarchy was weekend. At last, the governor of Punjab invited Babur to overthrow the reign of Ibrahim Lodhi. Babur accepted the offer and inflicated a crushing defeat on Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
Babur (1526-1530)
He was the Uzbek warrior who laid the foundation of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal Muslim Emperors. Failure to recover his father’s land caused him to turn reluctantly to South-East. After defeating Ibrahim Lodhi with the support of Punjab’s governor he turned his attention to the Rajput confederacy and defeated Mewar ruler Rana Sanga in the Battle of Khanwa. This victory secured his position in the Agra region.
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Humayun (1530-1536)
After Babur’s death his son and successor Humayun ascended the throne of the Mughal Empire. Immediately after his accession, Humayun was confronted with a number of enemies such as Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and Sher Khan. Humayun’s early expedition was against Kalinjar, Jaunpur and Chunar.
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Akbar (1556-1605)
The third and the greatest ruler of the Mughal Dynasty, he succeeded Humayun at a very tender age. His empire included nearly all the Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari river and he consolidated the same using marriage alliances and diplomacy. Akbar is known to have been a liberal ruler who believed in cultural integration. He founded a new religion termed Din-e-Ilahi.
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Jehangir (1605-1627)
He was the fourth Mughal muslim Emperors of India. The most distinguished achievement of Jehangir was his victory over Mewar. He was known as a patron of art and for his grenuine sense of justice. He captured the last great Rajput fortress of Rajasthan, and two years later he took over half the kingdom of Ahmadnagar. He granted trade concessions to the British in return for their naval support against the Portuguese.
Shah Jahan (1627-1658)
Shahabuddin Muhammad Shah Jahan was the fifth Mughal muslim Emperors of India. The period of his reign was considered the golden age of Mughal architecture. After he became emperor, he exhibited modernization as a rule. During his reign the empire reached its zenith in prosperity and luxury.
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Aurangzeb (1658-1707)
He ruled for almost 50 years. His empire stretched from Kashmir in the north to Jinji in the South, and from Hindukush in the west to Chittagong in the east. His direct attention was concentrated on the affairs of North India.
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what about muhammad bin tughlaq and firoz shah tughlaq?
Ass Hole Muslim rulers …Ruined India..
Fuck you Shiva
the black day of Indian history… ruined our country and spread terrorism all over the world
If tht period is black day then kindly u can say abt the good days in India
Well I do not say that those were bad days but if you want to know golden days then Gupta era, and the Harshavardhan’s era and also Maurya’s were the golden time
inspite of ruling hundreds of years they could not change indian culture and relegious belief of hindu society
Mughals came to loot India.The most disturbing people in Indian history.
#BHARATMATAKIJAI
Mughal kya lekr gye india se .sb ke sb yhi pr hi DFN h
Hamare pyare bhai aur bahno Zara dil se sach boliye aur agar aap logo ko sach nahi pata to ache se medieval history padhiye deeply aap khud samajh jaenge Muslim rulers ne kya kiya hai India me lie
Brother dont look media report to understand what is islam.go through real facts about muslim. There are amny hindu terrorist organization in india more than what you missunderstand about muslims. Today most of the people who die because of terrorist attacks are muslims. so can clearly understand terrorist are nothing but usa,uk agent.
Are Bhai ldai kyu kr rhe ho…….simple bat h. ..A king is not gud not bad .. He is only king…..yrrrr Muslim rule khete ho medieval period ko…..BT agar dhyan se analysis kroge to isss tym me Hindu kings bhi the……or religion hmesa politically alag rha tha…..like Akbar sulhekul policy, n also Aurangzeb policy according to political conditions……… History kisi ko blame krne k liye nhi hoti……ye sirf hmari phechan btati h …taki hum future me survive kr ske ……..n sanatan dharma n Islam now part of our country……
Mughas forcibly converted many Hindu into Muslims and destroyed many Hindu temples and structures. But actually it was Nadir Shah and Shah Abdali who looted Delhu and took away immense wealth to Afghanistan and Iran.
where is tuglaq & saiyed era……
Muslim rulers are invader dont call them ruler of india bloody communist historian and medieval india ruler is 30 powerful king ias org first improve your knowledge and if yoj have guts except my challenge and come to the debate forum of indian history
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