Famous Personalities in Medieval India

ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 

Famous Personalities in Medieval India

1.       Al Masudi - An Arabian traveller who came to India in 10th century AD.  

2.      Al Beruni - He came to India with Muhammed Ghazni, his book, Tahrik-ul-Hindh.  

3.      Abbas Khan Shervani : He was a historian of Shershahs time. He wrote Tarikh-1-Shershahi.  

4.      Abul Fazal : He was a a great scholar poet Historian in the court of Akbar. He wrote Akbarnamah and Ain-i- Akbari.  

5.      Bhaktiyar Khilji : Commander of Muhammed Ghori who conquered Bengal and crushed the Sena dynasty.  

6.      Bhar Mal : He was the Rajput ruler of Amber. His daughter Jodabai was married to Akbar. Akbars commanders Bhangavandas and Mansingh were his son and grandson respectively.  

7.      Chathaniya : He popularised ‘Bhakti’ in Bengal. He was worshipper of Krishna.  

8.      Chand Bibi : She was the daughter of Nizam Shai ruler of Ahmed Nagar and was married to the Adil Shahi ruler of Bijapur. As a widow she fought with Mughals to save her dynasty.  

9.      Bairam Khan : He helped Akbar to defeat Hemu.  

10.    Firadusi : famous poet in the court of Muhammed Ghazni He wrote Shah Namah (The book of kings). He is known as Indian Homer or Persian Homer.  

11.      Ibn Batuta : He was an African (Morocco) who visited the court of Muhammed bin Tughlaq and wrote the book ‘Rihala’.  

12.    Hasan Gangu - founder of Bahmani dynasty under the name Alauddin Bahamanshah.  

13.    Jai Chandra - He was the ruler of Kanauj, belonged to the Gahawala dynasty. He was defeated in 1194 by Muhammed Ghori in the battle of Chandwar.

14.    Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti : He was a sufi saint of 12th century who started the Chishtia sect at Ajmir.  

15.    Islam Shah : Second Sur ruler, son of Shersha He codified the law and introduced an impartial system of Justice.  

16.    Lalitaditya of Karkota dynasty : He ruled over Kashmir from 724 to 760. The famous Martand Mandir temple was built by him.  

17.     Malik Kafur : He was an army commander of Alauddin Khilji - who conquered south India for him. He was converted to Islam from Hinduism.  

18.    Muhamed Gawan : He was a minister to the Bahmani rulers.  

19.    Malik Amber : He was a Syrian slave who could became the Prime Minister of Ahmed Nagar. He administered the State very well fought against the Mughals and Marathas.  

20.  Mirza Ghias Beg : He was the father of Nur Jahan and received the title Etmatuddaula. His tomb is in Agra.  

21.    Murshid Quli Khan : He was an independent ruler of Bengal, who founded the city of Murshidabad.  

22.   Rana Kumbha : He was a Rajput ruler of 15th century He built a kirti Stambh at Chittar.