Jackson, Peter A.

The Delhi Sultanate: Peter Jackson. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. - xx, 367 p. : maps, geneal. tables ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-350) and index.

The Thirteenth Century
1. The background -- 2. From Ghurid province to Delhi Sultanate -- 3. Sultans and sources -- 4. Turks, Tajiks and Khalaj -- 5. The centre and the provinces -- 6. The Mongol threat -- 7. Raid, conquest and settlement

The Zenith of the Sultanate
8. Sultans, saints and sources -- 9. The Khalji and Tughluqid nobility -- 10. An age of conquest -- 11. The Chaghadayid invasions -- 12. The military, the economy and administrative reform -- 13. Stupor mundi: the reign of Muhammad b. Tughluq -- 14. The sultans and their Hindu subjects -- 15. Stasis and decline: FIruz Shah and his successors

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