Sayyid dynasty

Sayyid
سید
1414–1451
Territories of the Sayyid Dynasty, and main contemporary South Asian polities.[1]
Territories of the Sayyid Dynasty, and main contemporary South Asian polities.[1]
CapitalDelhi
Common languagesPersian (official)[2]
Religion
Sunni Islam[3]
GovernmentMonarchy
Sultan 
• 1414–1421
Khizr Khan Sayyid
• 1421–1434
Mubarak Shah
• 1434–1443
Muhammad Shah
• 1443–1451
Ala-ud-Din Shah
History 
• Established
28 May 1414
• Disestablished
20 April 1451
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Tughlaq dynasty
Lodi dynasty
Langah Sultanate
Today part of

The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, with four rulers ruling from 1414 to 1451 for 37 years.[4] The first ruler of the dynasty, Khizr Khan, who was the Timurid vassal of Multan, conquered Delhi in 1414, while the rulers proclaimed themselves the Sultans of the Delhi Sultanate under Mubarak Shah,[5][6] which succeeded the Tughlaq dynasty and ruled the Sultanate until they were displaced by the Lodi dynasty in 1451.

  1. ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 39, 148. ISBN 0226742210.
  2. ^ "Arabic and Persian Epigraphical Studies – Archaeological Survey of India". Asi.nic.in. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  3. ^ V. D. Mahajan (2007). History of Medieval India. S. Chand. ISBN 9788121903646.
  4. ^ See:
    • M. Reza Pirbha, Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian Context, ISBN 978-9004177581, Brill
    • The Islamic frontier in the east: Expansion into South Asia, Journal of South Asian Studies, 4(1), pp. 91–109
    • Sookoohy M., Bhadreswar – Oldest Islamic Monuments in India, ISBN 978-9004083417, Brill Academic; see discussion of earliest raids in Gujarat
  5. ^ V. D. Mahajan (2007). History of Medieval India. S. Chand. ISBN 9788121903646.
  6. ^ Iqtidar Alam Khan (2008). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780810855038.