INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIAVAL INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Timur invaded India and ordered a general massacre of the people of Delhi during the reign of
A
Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
B
Ghiyasuddin II
C
Abu Bakr
D
Alauddin Sikandar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Timur attacked the Delhi Sultanate, which was ruled by Sultan Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq of the Tughlaq dynasty, in 1398. On 30 September 1398, he sacked Tulamba and massacred its inhabitants after crossing the Indus River.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1398, Timur invaded northern India, attacking the Delhi Sultanate ruled by Sultan Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq of the Tughlaq dynasty. After crossing the Indus River on 30 September 1398, he sacked Tulamba and massacred its inhabitants. Then he advanced and captured Multan by October.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1311, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji ordered a mass massacre of the “New Muslims” (Mongols who had recently converted to Islam), after some Mongol amirs of Delhi conspired to kill him.

Detailed explanation-4: -Complete answer: Timur invaded northern India, during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah Tughluq (who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty) in 1398.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1398 Timur invaded India on the pretext that the Muslim sultans of Delhi were showing excessive tolerance to their Hindu subjects.

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