Sayyid dynasty
Also called: Sayyids · Topic: Turkic Invasions and the Delhi Sultanate · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Sayyids were the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. They ruled from 1414 to 1451. They came to power after Timur's sack of Delhi at the end of the 14th century left the Sultanate weak and broken. They ruled only a small area around Delhi, and breakaway sultanates grew strong around them.
Example
Khizr Khan, whom Timur had made governor of Multan, took Delhi in 1414 and founded the dynasty. In 1451 the last Sayyid ruler gave up the throne to the Afghan noble Bahlul Lodi.
Don't confuse with
- Lodi dynasty: the Afghan dynasty that came after the Sayyids and was the last dynasty of the Sultanate (1451–1526).
Related concepts
- Delhi Sultanate
- Mamluk dynasty
- Iltutmish
- Turkan-i-Chahalgani
- Sultan Ghari
- Raziya Sultan
- Ghiyasuddin Balban
- Theory of kingship of Balban
- Sijda and paibos
- Lodi dynasty