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DELHI SULTANATE

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Sher Shah Suri

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LIST OF SULTANS OF DEHLI UPTO THE MUGHAL CONQUEST

Mints: 

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Name (no coins known for rulers in italics)

AH

 AD

Mint
       
Turks      

Muhammad bin Sam  

589–602

1193–1206

  

Qutb al-Din Aibak

602–607

1206-–1210

  

Aram Shah

607

1210

  

Shams al-Din Ilutumish  

607–633

1210–1235

  

Rukn al-Din Firuz  

633–634

1235–1236

  

Jalalat al-Din Radiyya (Raziyya)  

634–637

1236–1240

  

Mu’izz al-Din Bahram  

637–639

1240–1242

  

‘Ala’ al-Din Mas’ud  

639–644

1242–1246

  

Nasir al-Din Mahmud  

644–664

1246–1266

  

Ghiyath al-Din Balban  

664–686

1266–1287

  

Mu’izz al-Din Kaiqubad  

686–689

1287–1290

  

Shams al-Din Kayumarth  

689

1290

  
       
Khaljis      
Jalal al-Din Firuz   689–695 1290–1296  
Rukn al-Din Ibrahim   695 1296  
‘Ala’ al-Din Muhammad   695–715 1296–1316  
Shihab al-Din ‘Umar   715–716 1316

 
Qutb al-Din Mubarak   716–720 1316–1320  
Shams al-Din Mahmud  (pretender)   718 1318  
Nasir al-Din Khusru   720 1320  
       
Tughluqs      
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq   720–725 1320–1325  
Fakhr al-Dīn Muhammad bin Tughluq (4 pages) --> 725–752 1325–1351   Gold, Silver, Billon, Copper 
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Mahmud bin Muhammad   752 1351  
Firuz Tughluq 752–790 1351–1388  
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq II 790–791 1388–1389  
Firuz Shah Zafar 791 1389  
Abu Bakr 791–792 1389–1390  
Muhammad bin Fīrūz 792–795 1390–1393  
Alā’ al-Dīn Sikandar 795 1393  
Nasir al-Dīn Mahmud 795–815 1393–1413  
Nusrat Shah 797–802? 1395–1399?  
Iqbal Khan 804–808 1401–1405  
Daulat Khan Lodi 815–817 1413–1414  
In AH 760, Firuz III made his son, Fath Khan  , viceroy of the eastern territories of the sultanate and allowed him to strike coins in his own name.
       
Sayyids      
Khidr Khan 817–824 1414–1421  
Mu’izz al-Dīn Mubarak 824–837 1421–1434  
Muhammad bin Farid 837–849 1434–1445  
‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alam Shah 849–855 1445–1451  
       
Lodis      
Bahlul 855–894 1451–1489  
Sikandar 894–923 1489–1517  
Ibrahim 923–932 1517–1526  
Comments:   In the year ah 935 (ad 1528–9) Mahmud, a younger brother of Ibrahim Lodi was proclaimed king in Bihar, but his sovereignty was minimal and short-lived. A single coin is known in his name.
 
The following two Ghūrid rulers issued billon coins of Lahore fabric:
Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Sam 602–609 1206–1212  
Taj al-Din Yildiz 602–612 1206–1215  
       
Suris      
Sher Shah (Farid al-Din)  945-952 1538-1545  Silver (G&M 106), Silver (Stan Goron) , Copper (Stan Goron)
Islam Shah (Jalal al-Din) 952-960 1545-1552 Silver (G&M 106), Silver (Stan Goron) , Copper (Stan Goron)
Fīrūz Shāh 960 1552  
Muhammad ‘Adil (Mubariz al-Din) 960-964 1552-1556  
Ibrahim Shah 962 1554-1555  
Sikandar Shah 961?-962 1554-1555