Delhi by list.

[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]

Delhi Sultanate spanned five dynasties, 32 rulers and 320 years. It laid the foundation of Islam in India and lasted from 1206 to 1526. Delhi is filled with its ruins.

The Delhi Walla lists all the rulers of the Sultanate – one of whom was India’s first woman ruler, while the last was vanquished by Babur, the Central Asian founder of India’s Mughal dynasty.

Slave Dynasty

1. Qutbuddin Aibak (1206–1210)
2. Aram Shah (1210–1211)
3. Shams ud din Iltutmish (1211–1236)
4. Rukn ud din Firuz (1236)
5. Raziyat ud din Sultana (1236–1240)
6. Muiz ud din Bahram (1240–1242)
7. Ala ud din Masud (1242–1246)
8. Nasir ud din Mahmud (1246–1266)
9. Ghiyas ud din Balban (1266–1286)
10. Muiz ud din Qaiqabad (1286–1290)
11. Kayumars (1290)

Khilji dynasty

12. Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji (1290–1296)
13. Alauddin Khilji (1296–1316)
14. Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah (1316–1320)

Tughlaq Dynasty

15. Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq (1321–1325)
16. Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325–1351)
17. Mahmud Ibn Muhammad (1351)
18. Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388)
19. Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II (1388–1389)
20. Abu Bakr Shah (1389–1390)
21. Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III (1390–1393)
22. Ala-ud-Din Sikandar Shah I (1393)
23. Mahmud Nasir ud din (1393–1394)
24. Nusrat Shah (1394–1399)
25. Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1399–1413)

Sayyid Dynasty

26. Khizr Khan (1414–1421)
27. Mubarak Shah (1421–1434)
28. Muhammad Shah (1434–1445)
29. Alam Shah (1445–1451)

Lodhi Dynasty

30. Bahlol Lodhi (1451–1489)
31. Sikander Lodhi (1489–1517)
32. Ibrahim Lodhi (1517–1526)

Sikander Lodhi’s tomb in Lodhi Gardens