Delhi Sultanate: Administration, Society and Culture

The Delhi Sultanate was a Delhi-based Muslim Turkic kingdom that ruled over large parts of India for 320 years (1206-1526). Five dynasties uuled over Delhi Sultanate sequentially, the first four of which were of Turkic origin and the last was the Afghan Lodi. The Lodi dynasty was resplaced by the Mughal dynasty. The five dynasties were the Mamluk dynasty (1206-90); the Khilji dynasty (1290-1320); the Tughlaq dynasty (1320-1414); the Sayyid dynasty (1414-15); and the Afghan Lodi dynasty (1451-1526).