MUGHAL INDIA- Mubarak Khan whose father was killed in the battle of Macchiwara killed Bairam Khan
- When Hemu captured Delhi Tardi Khan was the governor there
- The first mention of Tauhid i Ilahi was in Dabistan i Mazahib by Mohsin Fani
- Diwan i Tan was the official who was in charge of cash salary
- Increase in the sawar of the mansabdars during emergency was known as mashruta
- The reserved Armed force was known as Tabinan
- Total land revenue figures of a village was known as taqsimat
- Akbar reimposed Jeziyah in 1575 and revoked it in 1580
- Although the Kangra mission of Jahangir in 1620 was led by Vikramjit Baghela, a Hindu,Jahangir called it a Jihaad
- Khasrau was captured by Jahangir's forces at Bhairowal
- Jahangir punished Sufi saint Nizaam Thaneswari
- In 1543 Sher Shah organized a campaign against Multan to set it free from Biloch tribe
- Malik Jiwan a Baluchi leader betrayed Dara and helped Aurangzeb to capture him
- In 1668 Aurangzeb prohibited court dancing,1669 he ordered destruction of temples and in 1679, he imposed Jeziyah
- Shaikh Sarmad a Sufi saint and associate of Dara was punished by aurangzeb
- Peter Mundy gives a vivid account of the famine of 1630-32
- After returning from Deccan Aurangzeb was made the governor of Gujarat in 1644
- Shah Jahan's army met with Guru Hargovind's army at Kartarpur in 1631. There the guru's force was supported by Painda Khan
- Shah Jahan started giving land on contractual basis or the Ijara system
- Some books written by Guru Govind Singh- Nam Mela Puran,Shastar nam puran, Mangal Prakash,Akal ustat,Ukat Vilas,Krishna Avatar,Ram AvatarChandi charittar,Chandi di var,Pakhayama charittar.His autobiography was vaichittar nataka.His letters to Aurangzeb-Zafarnamah
- Mir Jumla was originally a minister of Abdullah Kutub Shah of Golkunda
- The Amins collected Jeziyah under Aurangzeb
- In 1654 Dara was conferred the title sultan buland iqbal
- Punishing Jujhair Singh Bundella was the first official assignment of Aurangzeb
- Jahan Ara wrote under the pen name Makhfi
- Tribute of the autonomous kings was known as peshkash
- Ashrafi was a gold coin
- Potugese brought tobacco in India in 16th century
- Shah rukhi was a silver coin
- Mir Fathulla Sirazi was a famous scientist
- Shah Jahan introduced the post of Amin
- Nahr i Bahist was the canal dug by Shah Jahan
- Amalguzars gave taqqavi loans
- Muqaddam and Patwari were the village headmen
- Capt Avery was a notorious pirate and his prized catch was Ganj i Swai, a ship of Aurangzeb
- Abdullah Sultan Puri was conferred the title Makhdum ul Mulk by Akbar
- Ibrahim Adil Shah wrote Kitaab i Nauras.He was popular as Abla baba and also Jagat Guru
- Maasir i Alamgiri written by Mustaid Khan
- Faizi translated Lilavati,Sarhandi translated Atharvaveda,Todarmal translated Bhagvata Puarana,Shahbandi translated Rajtarangini and Badaoni translated Ramayana
- Akbar gave Hari Vijay Suri the title Jagat Guru and Shah Jahan gave Jagannath the title Kavipriya
- Shalima Begum invented Rose itr
- Bishandas was sent to Persia by Jahangir to get a portrait of the ruler
- Man Kautahal was a collection of Man Singh of Gwalior's famous musical works
- Rajaram looted Akbar's tomb in 1688
- When Babur was ill some nobles wanted to install Mehdi Khwaja on the throne
- Guru Amar Das took vigorous steps to abolish sati
- Guru Hargovind built Akal Takht
DELHI SULTANAT- Iltutmish belonged to the Ilbari tribe
- Nizam ul Mulk Junaidi came into prominence during Iltutmish
- Fakhruddin was the chief kotwal of Delhi under Balban
- Apart from Mohd Bin Tughlak Nasir udduin Mahmood too was a great caligraphist
- Imaduddiin conspired against Balban in 1353-54
- Balban separated army from civil administration and created arz i mamalik
- Hauz shamshi was built by Iltutmish
- Abdullah the grandson of Hlaku Khan invaded India during Jalaluddin Khalji
- Malik Qabul was the shuhna i mandi under Alauddin
- Ulugh Khan a mongol accepted Islam under Jalaluddin
- "Soveregntyis not conferred upon everyone but it is placed on the elect"-Mohd Bin Tughladk
- Amirana i sadbah revolted in Malwa, Gujaraat and lDaulatabad
- Mailik Ghazi Shahna wdas the chief aArchitect under Feroz
- Diwan i amirat was in charge of public works
- Amir Sirzi wrote Faulad ul faud
- In Nuh Sipihr Amir Khsrau showers praise on India
- Zia Naakshbandi translated Sukha Saptati to Tutinamah
- Dhrupad was Indian in origin
- Ghuiyat ul Muniya by Malik Shamshuddin Abu Raja was the earliest Persian work on Indian music
- Niamatnamah was a book on cooking
- Adilabad and Jahapanah were built by Mohd Bin Tughlak
- Lodhis borrowed enamelled tiles from Persia
- Spindle was Indian in origin
- Dhenkili was a water lifting device
- Alauddin took the title Yamini Khilafat
- Bahlol Lodhi invaded Jaunpur in 1484
- Timur invaded India during Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlak
- Jalaluddin's original name was Mlik Firuz
- Alauddin Shah of Bengal started Satya Pir movement.He patronized Maladhar Basu who translated Bhagvat Purana into Bengali and wrote Srikrishnavijya
- Jainal Abedin borrowed paper making technology from Samarkand and he was the first sultan to abolish Jeziyah
- Sikander Shah was known as Aurangzeb of Kashmir
- In 1320 Mongol leader Dulucha invaded Kashmir
- Jainal Abedin patronized Jonaraja and Sivaraja
- Before Islam arrived Kashmir was a seat of Shaivism
- Malik Mohd Jaisi lived in Jaunpur
- Jainal Abedin built Jaina lake.He was known as Bud Shah
- Mahmud Beghara sacked Dwarka as it harbored pirates and he also captured Girnar and Champaner
- Ahmad Shah built Ahmedabad in 1414
- Zafar Khan founded Gujarat
- Ghiyasuddin Iyaz Khalji of Bengal transferred his capital to Lakhnauti from Devkot
- Kampilendra founded Gajapati dynasty
- Shungmung was a popular ruler of Assam
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