What is Delhi Sultanate?
{{complex|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox former country | conventional_long_name = Sultanate of Delhi | native_name = {{native name|fa|{{Nastaliq|سلطنت دهلی}}}}<br />{{small|{{transliteration|fa|Salṭanat-i-Dihlī}}}} | common_name = Delhi Sultanate | era = [[Medieval India]] | status = [[Sultanate]] | event_start = [[History of Delhi#8th century to 16th century|Independence]]{{sfn|Jackson|2003|p=28}} | year_start = 1206 | date_start = 25 June | event_end = [[Battle of Panipat (1526)|Battle of Panipat]] | year_end = 1526 | date_end = 21 April | p1 = Ghurid Empire | s1 = Mughal Empire | s2 = Bengal Sultanate | s3 = Bahmani Sultanate | s4 = Gujarat Sultanate | s5 = Malwa Sultanate | s6 = Khandesh Sultanate | s7 = Jaunpur Sultanate | s8 = Multan Sultanate | s9 = Madurai Sultanate | image_map = {{Switcher|[[File:Map of the Mamluk Dynasty.png|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Territory of the Delhi Mamluk Dynasty circa 1250.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E. |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=147, map XIV.3 (h)|isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=185}}</ref>|[[File:Map_of_the_Khalji_Sultanate.png|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Territory controlled by the Khaljis circa 1320.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E. |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=147, map XIV.3 (i)|isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=185}}</ref>|[[File:Map_of_the_Tughlaqs.png|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Territory controlled by the Tughlaq