Royalty in Medieval IndiaDescription: While considerable literature has appeared on the political history and institutions of the Delhi Sultanate, a study of royalty as such has largely remained a desideratum. The present work fills this gap in our historical studies. It surveys the historical landscape of medieval India from the foot of the royal throne. Besides a glimpse into the public and private life of the sultans, it throws lot of light on their ethnic background, their legal and actual position, their patronage of art and culture, their religious leanings, contact with outside world and relations with the Hindus. In short it covers the entire spectrum of the life of the Delhi sultans from the haram to the battlefield. The study is based on an extensive search and discovery of new source material. |
Contents
Introduction | 27 |
1 | 18 |
The Legal and the Actual Sovereign | 21 |
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Abul Adab-ul-Harb administrative Afif Aibek Aja'ib-ul-Asfar Ala-u'd-din Khalji Aligarh Amir Khusrau Arabic army Balban Barani Calcutta caliph chatr Chishti court cultural Delhi sultans dynasty elephants Fakhr-i-Mudabbir Ferishta Firuz Shah Tughluq Futub-us-Salatin Futuhat Ghaznin Ghiyas-u'd-din haram Hasan Hindu Husain Ibid Ibn Battuta Ilbarite Iltutmish inscription Isami Islam jiziyah Kaiqubad kay Mazhabi Rujhanat khanqah Khwaja king Lahore large number madrasah Malik Masalik-ul-Absar Maulana Mazhabi Medieval India Minhaj Mongol mosque Mubarak Khalji Muhammad bin Tughluq Muslim Namah Nasir-u'd-din Mahmud Nizami Nuh Sipihr palace Persian Personal Collection political prayers Qazi Qir'an-us-Sa'dain Qur'an Qutb-u'd-din Raverty Raziya Rebellion refers Rehla religion religious royal royalty ruler saints Salatin-i-Dehli kay Mazhabi Sayyid scholars Shaikh Shaikh Nizam-u'd-din Auliya Shihab-u'd-din Sikandar Lodi Sirat Sirat-i-Firuz Shahi slaves Subh-ul-A'sha Sultanate period sultans of Delhi Tabaqat-i-Akbari Tabaqat-i-Nasiri Tarikh-i-Fakhr-u'd-din Mubarak Shah Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi Text throne Timur tomb traditions tribes Turkish Turks u'd-din ulama Urdu trans