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Dr Sanu Kainikara is an ex-fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force and currently a practising Military Strategist residing in Canberra, Australia. He holds a Master of Science degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras, and his PhD in International Politics was awarded by the University of Adelaide in Australia. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales and the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Regional Security.
Dr Kainikara is the author of 11 books on national security and strategy, military forces and air power. He is a keen student of Indian history and is in the process of writing the history of India in a series of books titled From Indus to Independence: A Trek through Indian History. The first three volumes of the series have already been published and the fourth is nearing completion. He has also published a collection of political essays titled The Asian Crucible. He is a regular contributor to the Eurasia Review.
Sanu is the author of numerous papers on international politics, national security issues, and security strategy that have been published in reputed international journals; and has presented papers, on invitation, in a number of International Conferences around the world.
Author’s Preface
Introduction to Volume V
Prologue
SLAVE DYNASTY
Chapter 1 The Slave Dynasty: The Beginning
Chapter 2 Shams Ud-Din Iltutmish
Chapter 3 The Story of The Qutb Minar
Chapter 4 A Queen Reigns
Chapter 5 From Confusion to Consolidation
Chapter 6 Ghiyas Ud-Din Balban – The Sultan
Chapter 7 The Slave Dynasty: An Appraisal
KHILJI MILITARISM
Chapter 8 Ascent to Power
Chapter 9 Ala Ud-Din Khilji
Chapter 10 Military Conquests of Ala Ud-Din Khilji
Chapter 11 Demise of The Dynasty
Chapter 12 Ala Ud-Din – The Only Khilji Who Mattered
THE VAINGLORY OF THE TUGHLUQS
Sources of Information
Chapter 13 Ghiyas Ud-Din Tughluq Shah
Chapter 14 Muhammad Tughluq - The Impatient Administrator
Chapter 15 Muhammad Tughluq: Military Commander Revolts and Rebellions
Chapter 16 Muhammad Tughluq: The Ill-Starred Dreamer - Blood Thirsty Tyrant or Benevolent King?
Chapter 17 Firuz Shah Tughluq - A Man of Peace
Chapter 18 Firuz Shah’s Military Endeavours
Chapter 19 Firuz Shah: A Sultan for Stability
Chapter 20 The Later Tughluqs: A Decade of Decline
Chapter 21 A Typhoon called Timur The Scourge of God
Chapter 22 The Whimpering End
Chapter 23 The Disintegrated Sultanate
THE INSIGNIFICANT SAYYIDS
Chapter 24 Khizr Khan Sayyid
Chapter 25 Muiz Ud-Din Abdul Fateh Sultan Mubarak Shah
Chapter 26 The Later Sayyids
THE AFGHAN EMPIRE OF THE LODIS
Chapter 27 Origins of The Lodis
Chapter 28 Bahlul Lodi: Chief among Equals
Chapter 29 Sikandar Shah Lodi : Life And Times
Chapter 30 Ibrahim Lodi: The Twilight Sultan
THE ENCROACHING ISLAMIC INFLUENCE
Chapter 31 Governance of The Sultanate
Chapter 32 The Caliphate and the Sultanate : Debating the Relationship
DANCE OF THE RELIGIONS
Chapter 33 The Assiduous Power of Hinduism
Chapter 34 Sufism in India during the Sultanate
Chapter 35 The Mingling of Mysticism
Chapter 36 The Medieval Hindu Revival Reform through Bhakti
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index