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Some time after 1235 another Mongol force invaded Kashmir, stationing a darughachi (administrative governor) there for several years, and Kashmir became a Mongolian dependency. The Delhi sultans had developed cordial relations with the Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia and China and the Ilkhanate in Persia and the Middle East. Q.3. The invaders continued to pillage for eight months until the commencement of winter. Therefore, Ala-ud-din was not in a position to face the Mongols in an open battle. [30] At this time, the main branch of Alauddin's army, led by Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan was busy raiding Gujarat. The Mongols, however, were badly defeated by the Sultan and many of their leaders were brought to Delhi as captives and then killed. Later in 1298–99, a Mongol army (possibly Neguderi fugitives) invaded Sindh, and occupied the fort of Sivistan. [22] These invasions were led by either various descendants of Genghis Khan or by Mongol divisional commanders; the size of such armies was always between 10,000-30,000 cavalry although the chroniclers of Delhi exaggerated the number to 100,000-200,000 cavalry. Therefore, according to him, the Mongol invasions took place even after 1306 A.D. The gifts he was to take included 200 slaves. The Khilji tribe usurped power from the older Delhi Sultans and began to rapidly project their power into other parts of India. Ala-ud-din, on his part, decided to give them a battle even against the counsel of his friend, Ala-ul-mulk who advised him to wait and avoid the risk of an open battle. On occasion, Mongols extended their rule in areas bordering Northern India but never further than Dehli. Delhi Sultanate was a South Asian country that can of rule most of India and stop many Mongol raids, but their reputation as Mongol carnage stopper are damaged by their ruler, as they known for its ruthlessness, savageness, and faithlessness. How did the Mongols force the Delhi Sultans to mobilise a big army? The invasion of Targhi awakened Ala-ud-din to the necessity of frontier defence. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Timur's empire broke up and his descendants failed to hold on to Central Asia, which split up into numerous principalities. in common and that all of them had first hand experience of direct. However, the Kashmiri king killed Otochi at Srinagar. Although the Delhi Sultanate had its problems, it did provide a. Dr M. Hussain contends that Tarmashirin was defeated by Amir Ghoban near Ghazni in 1326 A.D. and therefore, came to India as a refugee. The Chaghatai Chief, Ala-ud-din Tarmashirin of Transoxiana attacked India in 1327 A.D. at the head of a powerful army. The Sultan succeeded in defeating an advance guard of the Mongols and in capturing some of their officers. Therefore, they threatened not only the security of Punjab but even that of Delhi and Ganga-Yamuna Doab. But by that time, the Koh-i-Jud had become a Mongol bastion, and a base for their further attacks on India. In 1257 the governor of Sindh offered his entire province to Hulagu Khan, Mongke's brother, and sought Mongol protection from his overlord in Delhi. Mongol Warriors in Battle. The Mongol invasions brought many massacres and atrocities to the Indian subcontinent, but its rule was mostly limited to Western Pakistan. The first Mongol invasion took place in 1297-98 A.D. only a short time after Ala-ud-din’s accession on the throne. The Delhi sultans had developed cordial relations with the Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia and China and the Ilkhanate in Persia and the Middle East. Alauddin constructed a new garrison town named Siri for his soldiers while Muhammad Tughluq emptied residents and the soldiers garrisoned there. In this article we will discuss about the Mongol invasions that happened during the reign of Khalji Sultans in India. The medieval sources claim invasions by hundreds of thousands of Mongols, numbers approximating (and probably based on) the size of the entire cavalry armies of the Mongol realms of Central Asia or the Middle East: about 150,000 men. [12][13] With a series of assassinations, they would finally usurp the throne in 1290 and appoint their Indo-Muslim allies such as Zafar Khan (Minister of War),[14] Nusrat Khan (Wazir of Dehli),[15][16] Ayn al Mulk Multani,[17] Malik Karfur, Malik Tughlaq,[18] and Malik Nayk(Master of the Horse)[19] who were famous warriors but non-Turks, which resulted in the emergence of an Indo-Muslim state. The Mongols plundered the environs of Delhi and besieged the fort for two months. The Kashmiri king, Suhadeva, tried to persuade Zulju to withdraw by paying a large ransom. The suburb they lived in was appropriately named Mughalpura. Disclaimer Copyright, History Discussion - Discuss Anything About History, Achievements of Sultan Iltutmish | Turkish Sultans | India, Biography of Jalal-Ud-Din Firozshah Khalji | Khalji Dynasty | India, Domestic Policies of Ala-Ud-Din Khalji | Khalji Dynasty | India, Nur Jahan’s Influence on History and Politics of India, Forts in India: 5 Magnificent Ancient Forts in India, Mosques in India: 15 Ancient Mosques in India. Dr A.L Srivastava and Dr Iswari Prasad have supported the viewpoint of Firishta. Online Test of Chapter – 3 The Delhi Sultans Test 1 | History Class 7th Social Science (S.St) Q.1. The expansion of Delhi Sultanate took place under the reign of Balban, Alauddin Khilji and Muhammad- Bin-Tughlaq. confrontation with the Mongols and their victory over them either ensured their. However, his general Zafar Khan attacked the Mongol army without his permission. In 1327 the Chagatai Mongols under Tarmashirin, who had sent envoys to Delhi to negotiate peace the previous year, sacked the frontier towns of Lamghan and Multan and besieged Delhi. The Mongols invaded Sindh province later marching towards Delhi, where they ransacked and massacred the inhabitants. By this time Ögedei Khan, third son of Genghis Khan, had become Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. The Mongols occupied parts of the subcontinent for decades. The Sultans of Delhi had established a defensive boundary that included Lahore, Dipalpur, Uch, Samana and Multan. Jalal al-Din was installed as client ruler of Lahore, Kujah and Sodra. [47] After he failed to organize resistance, Suhadeva fled to Kishtwar, leaving the people of Kashmir to the mercy of Zulju. They were brought to Delhi and killed. [28] Alauddin's army, led by Ulugh Khan and probably Zafar Khan defeated the invaders on the Battle of Jaran-Manjur on 6 February 1298 [28] where quite a large number of them were taken prisoner. Impact of the Mongol invasions on the Delhi Sultanate: 1. These Mongol converts were called New Muslims (or Neo-Muslims), and by 1311, more than 10,000 of them lived in the capital Delhialone. [34] The Mongols feigned a retreat, and tricked Zafar Khan's contingent into following them. The Delhi Sultans did not permit any permanent intrusion by the Mongols; in fact Ghazi Malik took the war to their own turf by raids on Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar. Delhi Sultanate faced their onslaught soon after. Our mission is to provide an online platform to help students to discuss anything and everything about history. In 1320 the Qaraunas under Zulju (Dulucha) entered Kashmir by the Jehlam Valley without meeting any serious resistance. Artist unknown. The victorious allies quarreled over the division of the captured booty; subsequently the Khalji, Turkoman, and Ghori tribesmen deserted Jalal ad-Din and returned to Peshawar. Shortly afterward, Duwa Khan sought to end the ongoing conflict with the Yuan Khagan Temür Öljeytü, and around 1304 a general peace among the Mongol khanates was declared, bringing an end to the conflict between the Yuan Dynasty and western khanates that had lasted for the better part of a half century. The Mongols threatened the security of India during the entire reign of Ala- ud-din Khalji except some last years. On at least two occasions, they came in strength. They were called ‘New Muslims’ and settled in the suburbs of Delhi. Many Mongol officers were taken prisoners who were killed afterwards and their captured women and children were sent to Delhi as slaves. According to Isami the Sultan occupied Peshawar and Kalanore in Punjab and made arrangement for their defence. The Delhi Sultanate mobilised a large standing army in Delhi as it posed a big administrative challenge. See John Masson Smith, Jr. Mohibbul Hasan-Kashmir Under the Sultans, p.36, The Chaghadaids and Islam: the conversion of Tarmashirin Khan (1331-34). Alauddin Khalji constructed a new garrison town at Siri for his soldiers. Content Guidelines 2. [7] Around the same time, a Kashmiri Buddhist master, Otochi, and his brother Namo arrived at the court of Ögedei. Amir Timur also broke up the remaining power of the Mongols in Central Asia, Afghanistan etc. As the Mongols progressed into the Indian hinterland and reached the outskirts of Delhi, the Delhi Sultanate led a campaign against them in which the Mongol army suffered serious defeats.[1]. From among the different branches of the Mongols, India was attacked either by the Il-Khans of Persia or by the Chaghtais of Transoxiana at that time. Targhi also joined them in the way. [3][4] From 1296 to 1305, Mongols overran and occupied Punjab, again committing atrocities against the locals. Taking advantage of this situation, Alauddin's general Malik Tughluq regularly raided the Mongol territories located in present-day Afghanistan.[45][46]. It was won over by Ala-ud-din, primarily, because of the valour of Zafar Khan who broke the left flank of the Mongols by his fierce attack. The next major Mongol invasion took place after the Khaljis had been replaced by the Tughlaq dynasty in the Sultanate. Ala-ud-din sent Zafar Khan against the Mongols who recovered Sehwan from them and imprisoned a large number of Mongols including Saldi and his brother. They first met Kubak at the banks of Ravi. But now they attacked India either to extend their empire or to take revenge of their defeat and disgrace. This time the Mongols did not mean plunder but conquest. Large-scale Mongol invasions of India ceased and the Delhi Sultans used the respite to recover the frontier towns like Multan, Uch, and Lahore, and to punish the local Ranas and Rais who had joined hands with either the Khwarazim or the Mongol invaders. [38] This close encounter with the Mongols prompted Alauddin to strengthen the forts and the military presence along their routes to India. Delhi Sultanate Islam in India 1206-1526 2. In 1305 A.D., the Mongols attacked again under the command of Ali Beg and Tartaq. Babur was a true descendant of Timur and shared his beliefs: he believed that rules and regulations of Genghis Khan were deficient as he remarked, "they had no divine authority.". Dr K.S. Jalal-ud-din marched against them personally and reached the banks of the river Indus. They, then, marched to Nagaur and defeated the Mongols so crushingly that they fled away. In 1299 A.D. the Mongols attacked again under the command of Saldi, brother of Dava Khan. In the first decade of the 13th century, Delhi Sultanate had just gained foot in India. But this version of Dr Hussain has not been accepted by the majority of modern historians. The changes during this period allowed for rapid Dehlavi conquests into the rest of India. The Kashmiris revolted in 1254–1255, and Möngke Khan, who became Great Khan in 1251, appointed his generals, Sali and Takudar, to replace the court and appointed the Buddhist master, Otochi, as darugachi of Kashmir. [32], In late 1299, Duwa dispatched his son Qutlugh Khwaja to conquer Delhi. THE MONGOLS AND THE DELHI SULTANATE IN THE REIGN OF MUHAMMAD TUGHLUQ (1325-1351) by P. JACKSON Cambridge As is well known, the period in which the Mongols exerted their greatest pressure upon the independent Muslim power in northern India fell during the early years of the Khiljï dynasty (689/1290-720/1320). Mongol attacks on the Delhi Sultanate increased during the reign of Alauddin Khalji and in the early years of Muhammad-bin-Tughluq’s rule. But it was not so. Significantly the rulers of Hindustan, the Delhi Sultanate, who repeatedly came into contact with the Mongols, proved to be an unrequited part of the Mongol World Empire. The gifts he was to take included 200 slaves. Dava Khan, ruler of Transoxiana, sent an army of one lakh Mongols under the command of Kadar to attack India. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. [20][21] At about this time the Mongol raids into India were also renewed (1300), After civil war broke out in the Mongol Empire in the 1260s, the Chagatai Khanate controlled Central Asia and its leader since the 1280s was Duwa Khan who was second in command of Kaidu Khan. Lal and Dr S. Roy have agreed with Barani while Dr A.L. No more large-scale invasions or raids into India were launched after Tamashirin's siege of Delhi. The Delhi Sultans were interested in cutting down forests to expand their kingdom which was till then restricted to the Delhi Sultanate. What is fortified settlement of soldiers is known as? At about this time the Mongol raids into India were also renewed (1300). They captured Sehwan. But, he dared not face the main army of the Mongols and tried for peace. Under whose leadership Mongols invaded the Delhi Sultanate? However, small groups of Mongol adventurers hired out their swords to the many local powers in the northwest. Ghiyas ud din Balban's (reigned: 1266–1287) one absorbing preoccupation was the danger of a Mongol invasion. In December 1305, Duwa sent another army that bypassed the heavily guarded city of Delhi, and proceeded south-east to the Gangetic plains along the Himalayan foothills. Jalal ad-Din fought against the local rulers in Punjab. All the rulers of the Delhi Sultanate had one thing. In view of the fact that the Mongols could reach the vicinity of Delhi without any resistance and turned back without fighting a battle, their contention seems to be more correct. Muhammad bin Tughluq asked the Ilkhan Abu Sa'id to form an alliance against Tarmashirin, who had invaded Khorasan, but an attack didn't materialize. When the Delhi Sultanate began to lose control of its realm, new kingdoms emerged in India called. Today it occurs for additional land for habitation, road expansion, road construction, industries, and urbanization. When Möngke was crowned as Great Khan, Jalal al-Din Masud attended the ceremony and asked for help from Möngke. In around 1338, Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq of the Delhi Sultanate appointed Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta an ambassador to the Mongol court of Emperor Huizong of Yuan China. [31] The mutiny was crushed, and the mutineers families in Delhi were severely punished. Unlike the previous invasions, the invasions during the reign of Jalaluddin's successor Alauddin were major Mongol conquests. Therefore, the Mongols did not dare to attack India during the last years of his reign. Zafar Khan and his men were killed after inflicting heavy casualties on the invaders. One of their strong force, under the command of Kubak, reached the banks of the river Ravi while another one, under the command of Iqbalmand and Tai-bu, reached upto Nagaur. After pursuing Jalal ad-Din into India from Samarkand and defeating him at the battle of Indus in 1221, Genghis Khan sent two tumens (20,000 soldiers) under commanders Dorbei the Fierce and Bala to continue the chase. The Tughlaq ruler paid a large ransom to spare his Sultanate from further ravages. [44], In that same year the Mongol Khan, Duwa, died and in the dispute over his succession this spate of Mongol raids into India ended. Thus, most fierce invasions of the Mongols took place during the reign of Ala-ud-din. Towards the close of 1299 A.D., Dava Khan sent a strong army of 2,00,000 horses under the command of his son, Qutlugh Khwaja to avenge the disgrace and death of Saldi. Amir Qazaghan raided northern India with his Qara'unas. But the Mongols had tested the strength of the army of Ala-ud-din. But these two ruling dynasties of the Mongols contended against each other for the expansion of their empires not only in Central Asia but also in India and therefore, failed to unite their strength. Another Mongol general named Pakchak attacked Peshawar and defeated the army of tribes who had deserted Jalal ad-Din but were still a threat to the Mongols. He imposed taxes on land to feed the army at the rate of 5 0 percent of peasant's yield. He took shelter in a heavily-guarded camp at the under-construction Siri Fort. Lahore would return to Mongol rule again in 1287. [49] His mother belonged to the family of the Mongol Khans of Tashkent. The first and the only Mongol invasion during the reign of Jalal-ud-din Khalji took place in 1292 A.D. 2. The Mongols were completely defeated on 30 December 1305 A.D. Targhi had died earlier in a battle and now Ali Beg and Tartaq were taken captives. The battle took place on the plain of Kili near Delhi. One religion among the several or many that virtually all Mongols observed was. Ulghu, a descendant of Chengiz Khan, however, accepted Islam with his four thousand followers and decided to stay in India. TOS4. Srivastava has opined that the last Mongol invasion took place in 1307-8 A.D. and succeeded in establishing a powerful empire with its capital at Samarqand. The Delhi army achieved a decisive victory, killing … The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). The Delhi prince, Jalal al-Din Masud, traveled to the Mongol capital at Karakorum to seek the assistance of Möngke Khan in seizing the throne from his elder brother in 1248. Yet, he succeeded in repulsing them all. During the reign of Sultan Muhammad Tughluq, the Mongols attacked only once. Soon after, he proposed a joint attack on India, but the campaign did not materialize. The Mongols burned the dwellings, massacred the men and made women and children slaves. According to Barani and Firishta, Ghazi Malik Tughluq, who was appointed governor of the north-west frontier in 1305 A.D., even attacked Kabul, Ghazni and Kandhar and plundered the territories of the Mongols there. But as they were ignorant of the art of siege-warfare, they failed to capture the fort and withdrew. Timur also reinforced the Islamic faith over the Chagatai Khanate and gave primacy to the laws of the Shari'ah over Genghis Khan's shamanist laws. They defeated and imprisoned him. Around 1338, Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq of the Delhi Sultanate appointed Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta an ambassador to the Yuan court under Toghon Temür (Emperor Huizong). a. Akbar b. Alauddin Khalji c. Genghiz Khan d. None of these. [35] The Mongols retreated a couple of days later: their leader Qutlugh Khwaja was seriously wounded, and died during the return journey. The 4000 Mongol captives of the advance guard converted to Islam and came to live in Delhi as "new Muslims". [39] He also implemented a series of economic reforms to ensure sufficient revenue inflows for maintaining a strong army.[40]. [23], The Muslim Negudari governor Abdullah, who was a son of Chagatai Khan's great grandson,[24] invaded Punjab with his force in 1292, but their advance guard under Ulghu was defeated and taken prisoner by the Khalji Sultan Jalaluddin. Therefore, there existed no Mongol chief to attack India. Afterwards, during the second half of the 14th century, the Sultanate of Delhi remained free from the menace of the Mongols. The Mongols thereafter repeatedly invaded northern India. In this article we will discuss about the Mongol invasions that happened during the reign of Khalji Sultans in India. Large numbers of tribes that took shelter in the Delhi Sultanate as a result of the Mongol invasions changed the balance of power in North India. The descendants of the Mongol Chagtais and the descendants of Timur empire lived side by side, occasionally fighting and occasionally inter-marrying. Although Muslim historians claimed Mongols were outnumbered and their army ranged from 100,000 to 200,000, their force was not enough to cow down Delhi mamluks in reality. The Mongols, under the command of a grandson of … Ghazni and Kabul formed their powerful bases to attack India and they had advanced as far as Sindh and Punjab. Chagatai tumens were beaten by the Delhi Sultanate several times in 1296-1297. According to Isami, the Mongols were defeated by the army of the Sultan near Meerut and forced to retreat. Jalal ad-Din was also joined by forces from Ghor and Peshawar, including members of the Khalji, Turkoman, and Ghori tribes. One of the products of such a marriage was Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire. The Mongols briefly occupied the city, but were quickly defeated by Malik Kafur, one of the Sultan's generals. Ala-ud-din sent an army under Jafar Khan and Ulugh Khan which defeated the Mongols near Jullundhar with great slaughter. Religious tensions in the Chagatai Khanate were a divisive factor among the Mongols. One such attempt was made during the reign of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq in 1324 A.D. Five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk/Slave dynasty (1206–1290), the Khilji dynasty (1290–1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414), the Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451), and the Lodi dynasty (1451–1526). Firishta differed with Isami and holds the view that the Sultan gave the Mongols huge presents and, thus, bribed them to turn back. The invading army included three contingents led by Kopek, Iqbalmand, and Tai-Bu. The Mongols ransacked Delhi and its neighbourhoods, but ultimately retreated after being unable to breach Siri. The strong army of 50,000 Mongols could reach upto Amroha where it met the army of Ala-ud-din under the command of Malik Kafur and Ghazi Malik. They entered Punjab and started plundering the nearby places of Lahore. At times the Mongols were bought off. Bahmani and Vijayanagar. Besides, they had a different object now. In 1306, the Chagatai Khanate ruler Duwa sent an expedition to India, to avenge the Mongol defeat in 1305. Alauddin's forces, led by Malik Kafur, decisively defeated the invaders. During 13th to 14th century, Mongol Empire expanding rapidly throughout Eurasia, devastated many great Empires. According to Zia-ud-din Barani, the Mongols attacked India under the command of Kank, Iqbalmand and some other leaders also at different times. [25][26] Chagatai tumens were beaten by the Delhi Sultanate several times in 1296–1297.[27]. [48] Tarmashirin was a Buddhist who later converted to Islam. These men, mostly Khaljis, escaped to Multan and were recruited into the army of the Delhi Sultanate. 3. In 1306 A.D., the Mongols attacked again to take revenge of the defeat of Ali Beg and Tartaq. Answer 1:- Ananga Pala also known as the … [33] Alauddin led his army to Kili near Delhi, and tried to delay the battle, hoping that the Mongols would retreat amid a scarcity of provisions and that he would receive reinforcements from his provinces. Shamanism. After being defeated by many of them in the open, he retreated to the outskirts of Punjab seeking refuge in Multan. The Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji, who was away at Chittor when the Mongols started their march, returned to Delhi in a hurry. There was a prolonged struggle between Wafa Malik (Qarlugh Dynasty), and the Mongols for the control of the Koh-i-Jud and Multan, with the sultans of Delhi intervening whenever possible. It showed the weakness of the Sultan and also his neglect towards the defence of his north­west frontier. Boyle, "The Mongol Commanders in Afghanistan and India According to the Tabaqat-I-Nasiri of Juzjani," Islamic Studies, II (1963); reprinted in idem, The Mongol World Empire (London: Variorum, 1977), see ch. Muhammad Tughluq gave him five thousand dinars by way of help and then Tarmashirin returned. The Khokhars and the Afghan tribes also used to join them because of the temptation of booty and, at times, dissatisfied nobles of the Delhi Sultanate also used to help them to gain advantages for themselves. With his new allies he marched on Ghazni and defeated a Mongol division under Turtai, which had been assigned the task of hunting him down. This aggressive policy of Ghazi Malik broke up the capacity of the Mongols to invade India. Nearly 20,000 Mongols were killed in the battle. The Journal of the American Oriental Society, October 1, 2002. When Zulju was departing via Brinal, he lost most of his men and prisoners due to a severe snowfall in Divasar district. a. Hinterland b. Garrison town c. The Masjid d. None of these. He also sent several thousand troops to aid the Delhi Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq in suppressing the rebellion in his country in 1350. The Sultan however, took preventive measures to safeguard his north-west frontier after the return of the Mongols. Delhi’s authority was challenged by Mongols and by governors who rebelled at any sign of the Sultan’s weakness. However, there was one saving grace for Ala-ud-din. The gifts he was to take included 200 slaves. Only refugees under Ramacandra, commander in chief of the king, in the fort of Lar remained safe. According to Barani, the Mongols were defeated by the Sultan. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons. However, these historians also differ as to how Muhammad Tughluq dealt with them. IX, p. 239. In 1292, the Delhi Sultan Jalaluddin Khalji had permitted several thousand Mongols to settle in his empire after they converted to Islam. The Ghūrid soldiers of fortune in India did not sever their political connection with Ghūr (now Ghowr, in present Afghanistan) until Sultan Iltutmish (reigned 1211–36) had made his permanent capital at Delhi, had repulsed rival attempts to take over the Ghūrid conquests in India, and had withdrawn his forces from contact with the Mongol armies, which by the 1220s had conquered Afghanistan. The Delhi sultans had developed cordial relations with the Yuan dynasty in Mongolia and China and the Ilkhanate in Persia and the Middle East. Several of them served in the Delhi army, and during the 1299 Gujarat campaign of Jalaluddin's s… Sali invaded Kashmir, killing the king, and put down the rebellion, after which the country remained subject to the Mongol Empire for many years.[8]. He followed the twin policies of Imperialism and Islamization, shifting various Mongol tribes to different parts of his empire and giving primacy to the Turkic people in his own army. At the same time the Great Khan Ögedei died (1241). Ilkhanateball - of stop raiding my clay yuo Mongol scum! Sir Woolseley Haig has accepted this version of Isami. When this army was returning from Gujarat to Delhi, some of its Mongol soldiers staged a mutiny over payment of khums (one-fifth of the share of loot). The Mongol commander Bala chased Jalal ad-Din throughout the Lahore region and attacked outlying province Multan, and even sacked the outskirts of Lahore. [2] The Mongols invaded Lahore, Pakistan, with an army of 30,000. Even the invasion of Timur had been considered a Mongol invasion since the Mongols had ruled over Central Asia for so long and had given their name to its people. This website includes study notes, research papers, essays, articles and other allied information submitted by visitors like YOU. The Delhi sultans had developed cordial relations with the Yuan dynasty in Mongolia and China and the Ilkhanate in Persia and the Middle East. 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