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Chapter: 05. Expansion Of The Delhi Sultanate The Khilji And The Tughlaq Dynasties

The Mamluk dynasty came to an end in the year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
1290 CE
The founder of the Khilji dynasty was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Jalaluddin Khilji
Alauddin was the first Turkish ruler to build an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in India.
empire
Alauddin Khilji won over the nobles by bribing them with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
rich gifts
Alauddin sent an expedition to Gujarat, where a slave named Malik Kafur was bought for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
1,000 dinars
During the capture of Chittor, the Rajput women performed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and burnt themselves to death.
jauhar
The Deccan expeditions of Alauddin Khilji were led by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, who defeated the rulers of Devagiri, Warangal, and Dwarasamudra.
Malik Kafur
Under Alauddin’s measures, nobles were not allowed to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ without the prior consent of the sultan.
intermarry
Alauddin introduced the system of branding horses called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
dagh
The descriptive roll of the soldiers maintained by Alauddin was known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
chehra
Alauddin increased the land tax from one-third to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the harvest, to be paid in cash.
half
Each of the three markets set up by Alauddin Khilji in Delhi was under the control of an officer called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
shahna
The famous Persian poet who lived in Alauddin Khilji’s court was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Amir Khusrau
The most beautiful specimen of Khilji architecture, built as an entrance door to the Qutb Minar, is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Alai Darwaza
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was succeeded by his son, Jauna Khan, who ascended the throne under the title of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Muhammad bin Tughlaq decided to transfer his capital from Delhi to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, which he renamed Daulatabad.
Devagiri
To tide over a financial crisis, Muhammad bin Tughlaq decided to experiment with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in 1329–30 CE.
token currency
Firoz Shah Tughlaq was nominated to succeed Muhammad bin Tughlaq by the ulemas and the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
nobles
Firoz Shah Tughlaq built many new towns, including Jaunpur in present-day Uttar Pradesh and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in present-day Haryana.
Hisar Firoza (or Hisar)
Firoz Shah laid out 1,200 gardens and orchards around Delhi, which became a rich source of revenue for the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
state treasury
The final blow to the Tughlaq dynasty was dealt by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, the Mongol ruler of Samarkand, who invaded India in 1398–99 CE.
Amir Timur (or Timur)
Before leaving Delhi, Timur appointed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as his viceroy, who subsequently established the Sayyid dynasty.
Khizr Khan
The Afghan dynasty that replaced the Sayyid dynasty in 1451 CE was founded by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Bahlul Lodi
The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, who was harsh, cruel, and unpopular, was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Ibrahim Lodi
To regain the support of the ulemas, Firoz Shah Tughlaq ruled the Sultanate according to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
shariah
The prominent political thinker and historian who composed the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Ziauddin Barani
 
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