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Date	1206 - 1556

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Gujarat, India

Gujarat

state, India

Key People

Muḥammad ibn Tughluq

sultan of Delhi

Delhi: Quṭb Mīnār

Iltutmish

Delhi sultan

Khaljī dynasty

Indian dynasty

Shēr Shah of Sūr: tomb

Shēr Shah of Sūr

Indian emperor

Mamluk dynasty

rulers of India [1206–1290]

Lodī dynasty

Indian history

Delhi: tomb of Muhammad Shah

Sayyid dynasty

Indian dynasty

Ẕiyāʾ al-Dīn Baranī

Muslim historian

Ibrāhīm Lodī

sultan of Delhi

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