The Delhi Sultanate
Author: Peter Jackson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-10-16
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780521543293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book represents the first comprehensive history of the Delhi Sultanate from 1210-1400.
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The Age of Wrath
Author: Abraham Eraly
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2015-04-01
Total Pages: 707
ISBN-13: 935118658X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWonderfully well researched . . . engrossing, enlightening' The Hindu The Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) is commonly portrayed as an age of chaos and violence-of plundering kings, turbulent dynasties, and the aggressive imposition of Islam on India. But it was also the era that saw the creation of a pan-Indian empire, on the foundations of which the Mughals and the British later built their own Indian empires. The encounter between Islam and Hinduism also transformed, among other things, India's architecture, literature, music and food. Abraham Eraly brings this fascinating period vividly alive, combining erudition with powerful storytelling, and analysis with anecdote.
The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, 1192-1286
Author: Sunil Kumar
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sultanate of Delhi (1206-1526)
Author: Aniruddha Ray
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1000007294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an integrated view of the Delhi Sultanate government from 1206 to 1526. It is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the political events and the dynastic history of the Sultans and the second part with the administration, different land issues, social life including two major religious movements and other cultural aspects including architecture and sculpture. The growth of the city of Delhi has been shown here perhaps for the first time. Most of the books on Delhi Sultanate mainly narrate the political events. Here other aspects have been included to show the real character of the Sultanate. It may be mentioned that the English officials from the end of the eighteenth Century had termed the medieval period of India as a ‘dark age’ – a statement that has been accepted by several Indian writers. It is to negate this view that an integrated narrative has been provided here. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Succession in the Delhi Sultanate
Author: Rekha Pande
Publisher: Commonwealth
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory Of The Delhi Sultanate (Set Of 2 Vols.)
Author: M. H. Syed
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9788126118304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDelhi Sultanate Era Is The First Chapter Of Glorious Medieval Indian History. Although, It Was Not A Very Large Empire In Size, Yet, It A Well Established And Strong Kingdom, Governed By Turks And Pathans.Delhi Sultanate May Not Be As Important As The Mughal Empire, Which Took Over Later, But It Was Certainly A Mighty Empire, In The Centuries To Come.This Two-Volume Work Is A Comprehensive Study Of The Events And Trends, In That Period. It Also Covers The Cultural And Social Aspects, Which Make It More Valuable.This Work Is Bound To Be Acknowledged And Welcomed By Scholars, Students And General Readers.
The Administration of the Sultanate of Delhi
Author: Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrations: 2 Maps Description: The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli by Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi is a comprehensive work on this most important period of Indian history. It covers the period between A.D. 1206, when Qutb-ud-din Aibak ascended the throne, and A.D. 1555, when the last of the Surs, Sikandar Shah, was overthrown and Humayun, the Mughal emperor, re-established himself at Delhi. Unlike the other works on the subject, the Surs have been included under the purview of the work since the rule of the Surs was, technically, a ministration of the state. In fact, Sher Shah, the founder of the Sur dynasty, started anew the administrative machinery of the Sultanate. In this comprehensive study, the primary sources, the numismatic and epigraphic evidence and the relevant works on law, politics and statecraft have been fully utilized. In eleven chapters, details about the sovereign, the royal household, the ministers, finance, the army, justice and police, religious affairs, education and public works, provincial and local government and the spirit of the government have been discussed. A detailed bibliography with certain topics relevant to the subject make this book a work of permanent value to the students and the scholars alike.
Muslim Rule in Medieval India
Author: Fouzia Farooq Ahmed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-09-27
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1786730820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Delhi Sultanate ruled northern India for over three centuries. The era, marked by the desecration of temples and construction of mosques from temple-rubble, is for many South Asians a lightning rod for debates on communalism, religious identity and inter-faith conflict. Using Persian and Arabic manuscripts, epigraphs and inscriptions, Fouzia Farooq Ahmad demystifies key aspects of governance and religion in this complex and controversial period. Why were small sets of foreign invaders and administrators able to dominate despite the cultural, linguistic and religious divides separating them from the ruled? And to what extent did people comply with the authority of sultans they knew very little about? By focusing for the first time on the relationship between the sultans, the bureaucracy and the ruled Muslim Rule in Medieval India outlines the practical dynamics of medieval Muslim political culture and its reception. This approach shows categorically that sultans did not possess meaningful political authority among the masses, and that their symbols of legitimacy were merely post hoc socio-cultural embellishments.Ahmad's thoroughly researched revisionist account is essential reading for all students and researchers working on the history of South Asia from the medieval period to the present day.
Through Darkest Europe
Author: Harry Turtledove
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2018-09-18
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1466871326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe modern master of alternate history and New York Times–bestselling author envisions a world in which Europe and the Middle East have traded places. io9’s New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put on Your Radar This Fall Senior investigator Khalid al-Zarzisi is a modern man, a product of the unsurpassed educational systems of North Africa and the Middle East. Liberal, tolerant, and above all rich, the countries and cultures of North Africa and the Middle East have dominated the globe for centuries, from the Far East to the young nations of the Sunset Lands. But one region has festered for decades: Europe, whose despots and monarchs can barely contain the simmering anger of their people. From Ireland to Scandinavia, Italy to Spain, European fundamentalists have carried out assassinations, hijackings, and bombings on their own soil and elsewhere. Extremist fundamentalist leaders have begun calling for a “crusade,” an obscure term from the mists of European history. Now Khalid has been sent to Rome, ground zero of backwater discontent. He and his partner Dawud have been tasked with figuring out how to protect the tinpot Grand Duke, the impoverished Pope, and the overall status quo, before European instability starts overflowing into the First World. Then the bombs start to go off.
Composite Culture Under the Sultanate of Delhi
Author: I. H. Siddiqui
Publisher: Primus Books
Published: 2016-09-10
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9789384082178
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work explores the cultural orientation of the sultanate of Delhi, a subject on which little work has been done so far. The architects of the sultanate introduced a new system of governance with novel social and cultural institutions, and Persian as an official language. These were significant moves as they served as catalysts for social change. Alongside, the emergence of new urban centres as well as setting up of colonies of foreign immigrants from lands of more advanced culture in the old towns led to the transfiguration of culture in the sultanate. Structurally, it is divided into three parts. The first explores the role played by the metropolis of Delhi as an integrating nucleus, and examines the cultural and social relationship between Hindus and Muslims, and the intellectual and diplomatic atmosphere of the times. The second part focuses on the nature of the relationship between the sultans of Delhi and the Mongol rulers of Central Asia. The third part examines the life and position of women and the attitude of different classes of society towards their women folk during the sultanate period. As in his earlier works, the author marshals an impressive array of sources to underline his argument and offers a paradigm shift from conventional historiography, and in doing so opens up vistas for further research in the history and culture of the sultanate period.
