Principal Muslim sultanate in northern India during the 13th to the 16th centuries.
Its creation owed much to the campaigns of Mu 1E25; ammad of Gh 016B; r and his lieutenant Qu 1E6D; b al-D 012B; n Aybak between 1175 and 1206. During the reign of Sultan Iltutmish (121136), a permanent capital was established at Delhi and political ties with Gh 016B; r were severed. From 1290 to 1320, under the Khalj 012B; dynasty, the sultanate was an imperial power. Its power was shattered by Timur 's invasion (139899), but it somewhat recovered under the Lod 012B; (Afghan) dynasty (14511526). It fell again to B 0101; bur (1526), was reestablished briefly, then finally was subsumed into Akbar 's Mughal Empire in 1556.