Tag: arab invasions and delhi sultanate

Maharaja Suraj Mal (February 1707 – 25 December 1763) or Sujan Singh was the ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India. He is known as "the Plato of the Jat people" 

Malik Muhammad Jayasi was an Indian Sufi poet. His best-known work is the epic poem Padmavat which is the story of king Ratan Singh, his queen Padmini of Mewar and  Alauddin Khalji desire for Padmini.

After the fall of Chittor to Akbar in 1568, Maharana Udai Singh II established a new capital at Udaipur, which he had founded earlier to provide a more secure base for the Mewar kingdom.

The 'Tower of Victory' also called as  'Vijaya Stambha' is a victory monument located in Chittorgarh Fort. The tower was constructed by the Mewar king, Rana Kumbha, in 1448 to commemorate his victory over the combined armies of Malwa and Gujarat led by Mahmud Khilji. 

The Battle of Haldighati was a battle fought on 18 June 1576 between Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal emperor Akbar's forces, led by Man Singh I of Amber.

Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan. Khwarizm was an important center of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time. Al-Beruni came to India during the period of Sultan of Muhammad of Ghazni.

Alauddin Khalji was the powerful ruler. He extended the boundaries of Delhi sultanate beyond Vindhyas up to the Deccan. He was a great administrator. To maintain his army, Alauddin Khalji gave the order to measure all land which was under cultivation. The land was divided and land revenue fixed according to its fertility. He also began the audit of the accounts of his officers.

In 1398, Timur invaded northern India, attacking the Delhi Sultanate ruled by Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah Tughluq of the Tughlaq Dynasty. 

Iltutmish was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire. He was the second ruler of the Delhi Sultanate (1211 – 1236), belonging to the Mamluk dynasty.