• ISBN13: 9788171563685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: History
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 25, 1992
• Pages: 252
• Original Price: INR 250.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 220 grams

The present work, as its title suggests, focusses on the frontier policy of the Delhi Sultans and traces the ups and downs it underwent during the reign of different rulers, together with the various contributory factors for the periodical adjustments. The study is based on original source material and to make the narrative intelligible the author has added several useful maps showing the routes followed by the Mongol hordes in their incursions into India, as well as the fortifications built by the Sultans to meet this formidable challenge.

Agha Hussain Hamadani was born in February 1943 at Narang (Punjab), Pakistan and was educated at the Government College, Chakwal; Gordon College, Rawalpindi; and the Islamabad (now Quaid-i-Azam) University, Islamabad. He received his M.Phil in 1974 and Ph.D. in 1983 both from this University. He has worked at the Government College, Pind Dadan Khan; Government College, Gujar Khan; Islamic University, Islamabad and Quaid-i-Azam Academy, Karachi. At present he is a Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Islamabad. His publications include : Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu), Rawalpindi, 1976; Fatima Jinnah: Hayat-o-Khidmaat (Urdu). Islamabad, 1980 and The Life and Works of Sayyid Alt Hamadani, Islamabad, 1984.

• Chapter I Introductory
• i. The frontier in historical background.
• ii. Note on the sources.
• Chapter II The frontier policy of the Mamluks
• I
• i. Sultan Qutb al
• Din Aibak (A.D. 1206-10)
• ii. Sultan Shams al Din Iltutmish (A.D. 1210-36)
• Chapter III The frontier policy of the Mamluks - II
• i. Sultan Rukn al-Din Firuz Shah (A.D. 1236-8)
• ii. Sultana Razia (A.D. 1238-40)
• iii. Sultan Mu'izz al-Din Bahram Shah (A.D. 1240-2)
• iv. Sultan 'Ala al-Din Mas'ud Shah (A.D. 1242-6)
• Chapter IV The frontier policy of the Mamluks - III
• i. Sultan Nasir al-Din Mahmud (A.D. 1246-66)
• ii. Sultan Ghiyas al-Din Balban (A.D. 1266-86)
• iii. Sultan Balban's successors (A.D. 1286-90)
• Chapter V The frontier policy of the Khaljis
• i. Sultan Jalal al-Din Firuz Shah Khalji (A.D. 1290-6)
• ii. Sultan 'Ala al
• Din Khalji (A.D. 1296-1316)
• iii. Sultan Mubarak Shah Khalji (A.D. 1316-20)
• Chapter VI The frontier policy of the Tughlaqs
• i. Sultan Ghiyas al
• Din Tughlaq (A.D. 1320-5)
• ii. Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq (A.D. 1325-51)
• iii. Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (A.D. 1351-8)
• iv. Later Tughlaqs (A.D. 1358-98)
• v. Invasion of Timur (A.D. 1398)
• Chapter VII
• Conclusion
• Appendices
• i. The Koh-i-Jad and its Tribes
• ii. A chronology of the Mongol invasions
• iii. Glossary of important terms
• Bibliography
• Index