List of sultans of Delhi

The Sultan of Delhi was the absolute monarch of the Delhi Sultanate which stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent during the period of medieval era, for 320 years (1206–1526). Following the conquest of India by the Ghurids, five unrelated heterogeneous dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290), the Khalji dynasty (1290–1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414), the Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451), and the Lodi dynasty (1451–1526). It covered large swaths of territory of modern-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Sultan of Delhi
Sulṯan-i-Dihlī
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq 1 February 1325 – 20 March 1351


Details
Style	Sultan Sultan of Sultans Shah Ghazi Khan Sikander Malik
First monarch	Qutb ud-Din Aibak
Last monarch	Ibrahim Khan Lodi
Formation	25 June 1206
Abolition	21 April 1526 (Total 319 years)
Residence	Lahore (1206–1210) Badayun (1210–1214) Delhi (1214–1327) Daulatabad (1327–1334) Delhi (1334–1506) Agra (1506–1526)
Appointer	Hereditary

This list contains the rulers of Delhi Sultanate in chronological order.

Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290)

S/N	Name of ruler	Birth Date	Death Date	Beginning of reign	End of reign	Notes
1	Qutb ud-Din Aibak	1150	14 November 1210	25 June 1206	14 November 1210
2	Aram Shah	1176	June 1211	December 1210	June 1211
3	Shams ud-Din Iltutmish	1192	30 April 1236	June 1211	30 April 1236	Son-in-law of Aibak
4	Rukn ud-Din Firuz I	1211	19 November 1236	30 April 1236	19 November 1236	Son of Iltutmish
5	Jalalat ud-Din Razia	1205	15 October 1240	November 1236	20 April 1240	Daughter of Iltutmish
6	Muiz ud-Din Bahram	9 July 1212	15 May 1242	20 April 1240	15 May 1242	Son of Iltutmish
7	Ala ud-Din Masud	1227 or 1232	10 June 1246	May 1242	10 June 1246	Son of Ruknuddin Firuz
8	Nasir ud-Din Mahmud I	1229 or 1230	18 February 1266	10 June 1246	18 February 1266	Grandson of Iltutmish
9	Ghiyas ud-Din Balban	1216	13 January 1287	18 February 1266	13 January 1287	Turkish noble in the court of Iltutmish
10	Muiz ud-Din Qaiqabad	1269	1 February 1290	13 January 1287	1 February 1290	Grandson of Balban
11	Shams ud-Din Kayumars	1285/1287	13 June 1290	1 February 1290	13 June 1290	Son of Qaiqabad

Khalji/Khilji dynasty (1290–1320)

S/N	Name	Birth date	Death date	Beginning of reign	End of reign	Notes
12	Jalal ud-Din Khalji	1220	19 July 1296	13 June 1290	19 July 1296
–	Rukn ud-Din Ibrahim (titular)	unknown	1297	19 July 1296	November 1296	Son of Jalal-ud-din Khalji. He ruled for a short time, not always indicating his names on the lists.
13	Ala ud-Din Khalji	1266	4 January 1316	19 July 1296	4 January 1316	Nephew of Jalal-ud-din Khalji
14	Shihab ud-Din Omar	1310 or 1311	14 April 1316	5 January 1316	14 April 1316	Son of Alauddin Khalji
15	Qutb ud-Din Mubarak I	1299	9 July 1320	14 April 1316	1 May 1320	Son of Alauddin Khalji

Outside of the dynasties (1320)

S/N	Name	Birth date	Death date	Beginning of reign	End of reign	Notes
16	Nasir ud-Din Khusrau	unknown	1320	10 July 1320	5 September 1320	He ruled for a short time and did not establish a dynasty.

Tughluq dynasty (1320–1414)

S/N	Name	Birth date	Death date	Beginning of reign	End of reign	Notes
17	Ghiyas ud-Din Tughluq I	unknown	1 February 1325	8 September 1320	1 February 1325
18	Muhammad II bin Tughluq	c. 1290	20 March 1351	1 February 1325	20 March 1351	Son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq
19	Firuz III Shah Tughluq	1309	20 September 1388	23 March 1351	20 September 1388	Son-in-law of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq
20	Ghiyas ud-Din Tughluq II	unknown	14 March 1389	20 September 1388	14 March 1389	Great-grandson of Firuz Shah Tughlaq
21	Abu Bakr Shah	unknown	after 1390	15 March 1389	31 August 1390	Grandson of Firuz Shah Tughlaq
22	Nasir ud-Din Muhammad III	unknown	20 January 1394	31 August 1390	20 January 1394	Son of Firuz Shah Tughlaq
23	Ala ud-Din Sikandar I	unknown	8 March 1394	22 January 1394	8 March 1394	Son of Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III
24	Nasir ud-Din Mahmud II	unknown	February 1413	8 March 1394	February 1413	Son of Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III
–	Nasir ud-Din Nusrat	unknown	1398 or 1399	January 1395	1398 or 1399	Brother of Tughluq Khan. Mahmud Shah's anti-king, claimant to the throne, sub-ruler.

Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451)

S/N	Name	Birth date	Death date	Beginning of reign	End of reign	Notes
25	Khizr Khan	unknown	20 May 1421	28 May 1414	20 May 1421
26	Muiz ud-Din Mubarak II	unknown	19 February 1434	21 May 1421	19 February 1434	Son of Khizr Khan
27	Muhammad Shah IV	unknown	1 January 1445	February 1434	1 January 1445	Grandson of Khizr Khan
28	Ala ud-Din Alam	unknown	July 1478	1 January 1445	19 April 1451	Son of Muhammad Shah

Lodi dynasty (1451–1526)

S/N	Name	Birth date	Death date	Beginning of reign	End of reign	Notes
29	Bahlul Khan Lodi	1420	12 July 1489	19 April 1451	12 July 1489
30	Sikandar II Khan Lodi	17 July 1458	21 November 1517	17 July 1489	21 November 1517	Son of Bahlul Lodi
31	Ibrahim Khan Lodi	1480	21 April 1526	November 1517	21 April 1526	Son of Sikandar Lodi

Family trees

Mamluk dynasty (1206-1290)

Mamluk dynasty

Qutb ud-Din
Aibak
⁽¹⁾
r. 1206-1210

Aram Shah
⁽²⁾
r. 1210-1211

Shams ud-Din
Iltutmish
⁽³⁾
r. 1211-1236

Rukn ud-Din
Firuz
⁽⁴⁾
r. 1236

Razia
Sultana
⁽⁵⁾
r. 1236-1240

Muiz ud-Din
Bahram
⁽⁶⁾
r. 1240-1242

Nasir ud-Din
Mahmud
⁽⁸⁾
r. 1246-1266

Ala ud-Din
Masud
⁽⁷⁾
r. 1242-1246

Ghiyath ud-Din
Balban
⁽⁹⁾
r. 1266-1286

Nasir ud-Din
Bughra Khan

Muiz ud-Din
Qaiqabad
⁽¹⁰⁾
r. 1287-1290

Shams ud-Din
Kayumars
⁽¹¹⁾
r. 1290

Khalji/Khilji dynasty (1290-1320)

Khalji dynasty

Yughrush

Jalal ud-Din
Khalji
⁽¹²⁾
r. 1290-1296

Shihab ud-Din
Mas'ud

Ala ud-Din
Khalji
⁽¹³⁾
r. 1296-1316

Shihab ud-Din
Omar
⁽¹⁴⁾
r. 1316

Qutb ud-Din
Mubarak
⁽¹⁵⁾
r. 1316-1320

Khusrau
Khan
⁽¹⁶⁾
r. 1320

Tughluq dynasty (1320-1414)

Tughluq dynasty

Ghiyath al-Din
Tughluq I
⁽¹⁷⁾
r. 1320-1325

Malik Rajab

Muhammad
bin Tughluq
⁽¹⁸⁾
r. 1325-1351

Firuz Shah
Tughlaq
⁽¹⁹⁾
r. 1351-1388

Fateh Khan

Zafar Khan

Nasir ud-Din
Muhammad
⁽²²⁾
r. 1390-1394

Ghiyath ud-Din
Tughluq II
⁽²⁰⁾
r. 1388-1389

Abu Bakr
Shah
⁽²¹⁾
r. 1389-1390

Ala ud-Din
Sikandar
⁽²³⁾
r. 1394

Nasir ud-Din
Mahmud
⁽²⁴⁾
r. 1394-1414

Sayyid dynasty (1414-1451)

Sayyid dynasty

Khizr Khan
⁽²⁵⁾
r. 1414-1421

Mubarak
Shah
⁽²⁶⁾
r. 1421-1434

Farid Khan

Muhammad
Shah
⁽²⁷⁾
r. 1434-1445

Ala ud-Din
Alam Shah
⁽²⁸⁾
r. 1445-1451

Lodi dynasty (1451-1526)

Lodi dynasty

Bahlul
Khan Lodi
⁽²⁹⁾
r. 1451-1489

Sikandar
Khan Lodi
⁽³⁰⁾
r. 1489-1517

Ibrahim Lodi
⁽³¹⁾
r. 1517-1526

Sources

Dynastic Chart, [1] The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 2, p. 368.
"Sayyid dynasty". Encyclopedia Britannica.
Lodī dynasty - Encyclopædia Britannica
City List – Delhi Sultanate Rulers, First to Last
The Delhi Sultanate : How Many Lists of Dynasties and Rulers Delhi Sultanate?

References

Delhi Sultanate Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia Britannica
A. Schimmel, Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, Leiden, 1980
Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
Chapman, Graham. "Religious vs. regional determinism: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as inheritors of empire." Shared space: Divided space. Essays on conflict and territorial organization (1990): 106-134.
"سلاطین دہلی - وجود". www.wujood.com (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
Smithsonian "TIMELINES OF EVERYONE" (1st ed.). U.S. U.K.: DK. 2020. p. 63. ISBN 9781465499967.

Other literature

Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

[brt-1] Delhi Sultanate Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia Britannica

[2] A. Schimmel, Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, Leiden, 1980

[sen2-3] Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

[4] Chapman, Graham. "Religious vs. regional determinism: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as inheritors of empire." Shared space: Divided space. Essays on conflict and territorial organization (1990): 106-134.

[5] "سلاطین دہلی - وجود". www.wujood.com (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[6] Smithsonian "TIMELINES OF EVERYONE" (1st ed.). U.S. U.K.: DK. 2020. p. 63. ISBN 9781465499967.