Middle Ages
Delhi Sultanate
- Period
- AD 1210 – AD 1528
- Duration
- approx. 318 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1333
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.5 million km²
Profile
Strength
Turkic cavalry armies and war elephants; repeatedly repelled Mongol invasions.
Famous figures
- Qutb ud-Din Aibak
- Iltutmish
- Razia Sultana
- Alauddin Khalji
- Muhammad ibn Tughluq
Wars & battles won
- Repelling the Mongols at Kili (1299)
Wars & battles lost
- Sack of Delhi by Timur (1398)
- Battle of Panipat (1526)
Languages
- Persian
- Urdu
Period and duration
Delhi Sultanate — according to the map data from AD 1210 to AD 1528, roughly 318 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Delhi Sultanate — greatest extent around AD 1333: the mapped borders then cover about 2.5 million km², roughly 1.6% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1209)
- Ghurid Dynasty
- Yadava Dynasty
- Chaulukya Dynasty
- Sena Dynasty
After
Neighbours around AD 1333
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Yuan Dynasty
- Ilkhanate
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Chagatai Khanate
- Shan States
- Eastern Ganga Kingdom
- Kashmir
- Hoysala Kingdom
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1333 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Delhi Sultanate on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.