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Delhi Sultanate Administration

Type Object Region India Time 1206–1526

The Delhi Sultanate's administrative system was a military-feudal-bureaucratic governance framework established by the Islamic sultanate ruling north…

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  1. 1206–1240Delhi · IndiaQutb al-Din Aibak founded the Slave Dynasty, granting iqta (tax districts) to generals of military-slave origin and establishing a Delhi-centered, unified civil-military sultanate administrative framework.
  2. c. 1266–1287Delhi · IndiaGhiyas al-Din Balban strengthened sultanate authority, established spy and ceremonial systems, curbed centrifugal tendencies among local nobles, and further consolidated administrative centralization amid the Mongol threat of the 1260s.
  3. c. 1290–1526Northern India · IndiaThe Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties ruled in succession; the administrative system continued within the framework of iqta allocation, provincial governors, and Islamic jurisprudence until Babur founded the Mughal Empire in 1526.

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