List of sultans of the Malwa Sultanate explained

Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate was the principal title of the ruler of the Malwa Sultanate (1401–1561/2) in the Indian subcontinent.[1] [2] The Sultanate was founded by Dilawar Khan, an Afghan or a Turko-Afghan[3] governor of the Delhi Sultanate. In 1437, the Ghurid dynasty of Dilawar Khan was replaced by the Turko-Afghan Khalji dynasty, which was related to the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.[4] [5] [6]

Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate

Royal TitlePersonal nameReign
Dilawar Khan was appointed as the governor of Malwa province in 1392 by the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. He declared himself independent in 1401 by establishing Malwa Sultanate. He was the first Sultan of Malwa from Ghurid dynasty.[7]
Sultan
Dilawar Khan Ghuri
1401–1406
Sultan
Husam-ud-Din Hoshang Shah
1406–1435
Sultan
Taj-ud-Din Muhammad Shah
1435–1436
Ghurid dynasty replaced by Khilji dynasty
Sultan
Ala-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I
1436–1469
Sultan
Ghiyas-ud-Din Shah
1469–1500
Sultan
Nasir-ud-Din Shah
1500–1510
Sultan
Shihab-ud-Din Mahmud Shah II
1510–1519
The Rajput ruler of Mewar Maharana Sanga defeated and imprisoned Mahmud Shah II and conquered most of Malwa.[8] [9]
RajaMedini Rai[10] (ruled as a vassal of Rana Sanga)1519-1527
The interregnum; as the Sultan of Gujarat Bahadur Shah defeated Mahmud Shah II and himself reigned as the Sultan of Malwa.[11]
Sultan
Bahadur Shah
1531 – 1537
Mughal Emperor Humayun defeated Sultan Bahadur Shah and briefly occupied Malwa for a year in between 1535-1536.
1537-1555; era of semi-independent governors of Sur Empire.
Wali
Shuja’at Khan
1537 – 1542
Wali
Isa Khan
1542 – 1545
Wali
Shuja’at Khan
1545 – 1552
Sultan
Baz Bahadur
1555 – 1561/2
Malwa Sultanate was abolished in 1562 after Baz Bahadur's defeat against Mughal army.[12]

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Khalji Dynasty

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Singh, V. P.. Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Western Part). 2014-01-01. Scientific Publishers. 978-93-86237-33-0. en.
  2. Web site: Malwa Sultanate, Amirs of Sind -. en-US. 2020-05-18.
  3. Book: Keay, John . India: A History . 2011-04-12 . Open Road + Grove/Atlantic . 978-0-8021-9550-0 . en.
  4. Book: Wink, André . Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries . 2004 . BRILL . 90-04-13561-8. 140. The Subsequent Khalji dynasty (1436-1531) had the same origin as the Khalji dynasty of Delhi....
  5. Book: Hadi, Nabi . Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature . 1995 . Abhinav Publications . 978-81-7017-311-3 . en. Originally he belonged to a neighborhood of Bukhara, and after much wandering across the cities of the Islamic world, at last, came to settle in Mandu, capital city of the Independent Sultans of Malwah claiming descent from the Khalji clan, the Turko-Afghan mixture..
  6. Book: Lee, Jonathan . Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present . Reaktion Books . 2019 . 9781789140101 . 55 . English.
  7. Book: Day, Upendra Nath . Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562 . Delhi . Munshi Ram Manohar Lal . 1965 . 8–24 . 2020-05-18.
  8. Book: Sharma, Dasharatha . Lectures on Rajput History and Culture . 1970 . Motilal Banarsidass . 978-0-8426-0262-4 . 27 . en . Early 16th century marks the rise of patriotic one eyed chief of Mewar named as Rana Sanga who defeat several of his neighbor kingdom and establish Rajput hold on Malwa first time after fall of Parmara dynasty through series of victories over Malwa,Gujarat and Delhi Sultanate..
  9. Book: Sharma, Gopi Nath . Mewar & the Mughal Emperors (1526-1707 A.D.) . 1954 . S.L. Agarwala . 17–18 . en.
  10. Book: Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam . History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D. . 2002 . Atlantic Publishers & Dist . 978-81-269-0123-4 . 156 . en.
  11. Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, pp.173-86
  12. Book: Chandra . Satish . Medieval India: From Sultanat To The Mughals-Mughal Empire (1526-1748) - Part II . 2007 . 103–104.