1. Consolidation of Delhi Sultanate
2. Iltutmish (1211-1236 AD)
2.1. Background
2.2. Achievements and Expansion of Empire
2.3. Architecture During Iltutmish’s Reign
2.4. Death of Iltutmish
2.5. Conclusion
4. Conquests and Coercion of Local Intermediaries, Zamindars, and Ruling Elites under Iltutmish
4.1. Early Challenges and the Need to Control Local Elites
4.2. Subjugation of Rajput Ruling Houses and Regional Aristocracy
4.3. Control Over Zamindars and Local Intermediaries
4.4. Measures Against Turkish Nobility and Rebel Iqtadars
4.5. Conflict with Qubacha and Ali Mardan – Assertion of Central Power
4.6. Revenue Reforms and Administrative Penetration
4.7. Urban Control and Subordination of Local Urban Elites
4.8. Integration of Conquered Territories Through Loyalist Officers
4.9. Consequences
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Topic – Consolidation of Delhi Sultanate: Iltutmish, Elimination of Rivals, Conquests and Coercion of Local Intermediaries/Zamindars/Ruling Elites (Notes)
Subject – History
(Early Medieval Indian History)
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Consolidation of Delhi Sultanate
The period from 1206 to 1290 constitutes the formative and most challenging phase in the history of the Delhi Sultanate. It was marked by a prolonged, multi-cornered conflict within the Ghorian ruling class as well as against the renewed Rajput resurgence.
Muhammad Ghori’s sudden death in 1206 resulted in a tussle for supremacy among his three important generals — Tajuddin Yalduz, Nasiruddin Qubacha, and Qutbuddin Aibak. Yalduz controlled Karman and Sankuran on the route between Afghanistan and upper Sind, Qubacha held Uchh, while Aibak, already acting as the ‘viceroy’ of Muhammad Ghori and the overall commander of the army in India, was technically still a slave, but soon after his master’s death, the title of Sultan was conferred upon him. The formal establishment of the Delhi Sultanate as an independent political entity is traced back to this event.
Early in his brief reign of four years, Aibak (d. 1210) moved his capital to Lahore to frustrate Yalduz’s ambitions of annexing Punjab. With the Khwarizm Shah advancing on Ghor, Yalduz sought to establish himself in India.
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