History of India: ancient and medieval / Delhi Sultanate (1206 to 1526)
Tughlaqs, Sayyids and Lodis
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Muhammad bin Tughlaq: Devagiri transfer, token currency, Doab taxation, Khurasan plan; Ibn Battuta as qazi
- Firuz Shah Tughlaq: canals, Diwan-i-Khairat, slaves department, jizya on brahmanas, hereditary iqtas
- Timur's invasion (1398) under Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq: sack of Delhi and Multan crossing
- Sayyids (Khizr Khan) and Lodis (Bahlul, Sikandar founds Agra 1504, Ibrahim falls at Panipat 1526)
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 7 and 10
- ch. 7
- ch. 10
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century
- ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century, pp. 1-9 (printed 30-38)
- ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century, A Closer Look: Administration under the Khaljis and Tughluqs (Muhammad Tughluq, Ibn Battuta), pp. 4-8 (printed 33-37)
- ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century, Slaves rather than sons; Officials of Sultan Muhammad Tughluq (Firuz Shah), p. 5 (printed 34)
- ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century, The Sultanate in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, pp. 7-8 (printed 36-37)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, pp. 164-187 (printed 160-183)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, 10.4 The Tughlaq Dynasty: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1324-1351); Transfer of Capital; Sultan's Other Innovative Measures, pp. 175-176 (printed 171-172)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Firuz Policy of No Wars (Firuz Tughlaq's measures), pp. 177-178 (printed 173-174)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Timur's invasion (1398), p. 178 (printed 174)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, 10.5 Sayyid Dynasty (1414-1451); 10.6 Lodi Dynasty, pp. 178-179 (printed 174-175)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society
- Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers, 2. Ibn Battuta's Rihla, pp. 4-5 (printed 118-119)