Muhammad of Ghur is assassinated while returning…

1204 CE to 1215 CE

Muhammad of Ghur is assassinated while returning in 1206 to Afghanistan.

Qutb-ud-Din remains in India and declares himself sultan of Delhi, the first of the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty.

Concurrent with the exploits of Muhammad of Ghur, an obscure adventurer, Ikhtiyar-ud-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji of the Ghurid army, conquers Nadia, the capital of the Sena kings of Bengal, in 1202.

Within two years, Bakhtiyar had embarked upon a campaign to conquer Tibet in order to plunder the treasure of its Buddhist monasteries as well as to gain control of Bengal's traditional trade route leading to Southeast Asian gold and silver mines.

After the attempt ends in disaster, Bakhtiyar manages to return to Bengal with a few hundred men and dies there in 1206.

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Nadia West Bengal India View →

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Ikhtiyar Uddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji View → Muhammad of Ghor View → Qutb-ud-din Aibak View →

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Buddhism View → Senas of Bengal, Kingdom of the View → Delhi, Sultanate of (Ghurid Dynasty) View → Delhi, Sultanate of (Mamluk or Ghulam Dynasty) View →

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India, Medieval View → Muhammad of Ghor, Conquests of View →

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Weapons View → Strategic metals View → Slaves View →

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