Rulers of Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire: Chronology

Rulers

Duration

Facts

Qutb-ud-din Aibak

(1206–1210)

Founder of Mamluk Dynast and Slave of Muhammad Ghori

Aram Shah

(1210–1211)

Eldest son of Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Shams-ud-din Iltutmish

(1211–1236)

Son-in-law of Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Ruknuddin Feruz Shah

(1236)

Son of Iltutmish

Razia Sultana

(1236–1240)

Daughter of Iltutmish and Grand Daughter of Qutb-ud-din Aibak.

Muizuddin Bahram

(1240–1242)

Son of Iltutmish

Alauddin Masud

(1242–1246)

Son of Ruknuddin Feruz Shah

Nasiruddin Mahmud

(1246–1266)

Razia’s Brother who had died in 1229

Ghiyas-ud-din Balban

(1266–1286)

Father-in-law of Nashiruddin Mahmud and the most powerful ruler of the Slave Dynasty

Muiz ud din Kaiqubad

(1287–1290)

Grandson of Ghiyasuddin Balban

Kaimur

1290

Son of Muiz-ud-din Kaiqubad

Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khilji

1290–1296

Founder of the Khilji/Khalji Dynasty and son of Qaim Khan

Alauddin Khilji

1296–1316

Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khilji’s nephew and the most powerful ruler of the Khilji period

Qutb-ud-din Mubarak ....