Turkic nobility of Delhi

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The Turkic nobility of Delhi were a powerful military-aristocratic elite in the Delhi Sultanate who often acted as kingmakers and resisted rulers that threatened their political dominance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Turkic nobility of Delhi canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military aristocracy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
political elite ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Delhi Sultanate court ⓘ
linked to: Delhi Sultanate
collectiveName Chihalgani ⓘ
Forty ⓘ
conflictedWith centralizing sultans ⓘ
non-Turkic elites ⓘ
createdBy Iltutmish ⓘ
culturalInfluence Persianate court culture ⓘ
declineFactors centralization under later sultans ⓘ
rise of non-Turkic military groups ⓘ
economicResource iqta land grants ⓘ
tax revenues ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Turkic languages
exertedInfluenceOn state policy of the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
succession to the Delhi throne ⓘ
formedCoreOf early Delhi Sultanate ruling class ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Northern India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
governed provinces of the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
historicalPeriod 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
maintained private military retinues ⓘ
militaryFunction cavalry forces ⓘ
slave-soldiers (ghulams) ⓘ
opposedRuler Nasir-ud-din Mahmud (at times) ⓘ
Razia Sultan ⓘ
linked to: Razia Sultana
origin Afghanistan ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
politicalBehavior acted as kingmakers ⓘ
participated in palace coups ⓘ
resisted rulers who threatened their dominance ⓘ
politicalPower high ⓘ
powerBase Delhi ⓘ
iqta territories ⓘ
strategic forts ⓘ
role kingmakers ⓘ
military commanders ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
socialStatus elite ⓘ
socialStructure patron–client networks ⓘ
supportedRuler Iltutmish ⓘ
Qutb al-Din Aibak ⓘ
timeframe early Delhi Sultanate period ⓘ
typicalReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Razia Sultana → opposedBy → Turkic nobility of Delhi ⓘ