Gwalior - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Gwalior - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Gold, Daniel Richard

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061830
Doc. NO	:	ALei2227
Main Entry	:	Gold, Daniel Richard
Title & Author	:	Gwalior - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Gold, Daniel Richard
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(878 words)
Abstract	:	The city of Gwalior sits at the foot of a sheer, high bluff near the geographical centre of the Indian subcontinent (latitude N 26°13’6”, longitude E 78°10’58”). With its defensible, strategically located fort, Gwalior regularly changed hands between warring Indian dynasties before its capitulation in 597/1200–1 to the Turkic commander Quṭb al-Dīn Aybak, who was to become the founder (r. 602–7/1206–10) of the Delhi Sultanate (602–932/1206–1526). Recognising Gwalior’s military significance, Aybak made its governor his trusted
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2227.pdf