The slave or the Mamluk Dynasty was replaced by Khilji ... to recover Devagiri whose king had refused to pay tribute to Delhi Empire. The army of Devagiri was defeated and the king was taken ...

Following the death of Muhammad of Ghor in 1206, Qutb-ud-Din Aybak proclaimed himself Sultan of Delhi and established the Mamluk (or Slave) dynasty, the first of five successive dynasties with ...

The Mamluk empire was at the apex of its power in the 14th century under Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun. He ruled for 41 years, a record never surpassed by any Mamluk sovereign. Cairo was ...