Packet L: Tossup 13

This state’s penultimate ruler wrote poetry under the pseudonym Gulrukhi. A ruler of this state fixed prices and banned hoarding with the Shahana-i-Mandi and Diwan-i-Riyasat systems. (10[1]-5[1])The Tomar dynasty lost Gwalior Fort (-5[2])to this (-5[1])state after the death (-5[1])of Maan Singh. Bughra Khan refused leadership of this state to keep his governorship; his inept son Qaiqabad (“KYE-kuh-bahd”) became ruler instead and fell to the Khalji Revolution. The Qutb (10[2])Minar’s construction (10[1])was started (10[1])by this (10[1])state’s (10[1])founder, (10[2]-5[1])Qutb-ud-Din (10[1])Aibak. (-5[1])Razia Sultan (10[2])ruled this state, (10[4])which reached its greatest (10[1])extent under Muhammad bin Tughluq. (10[1])This (10[1])sultanate’s (10[1])last ruler, Ibrahim Lodi, (10[5]-5[1])was defeated (10[2])at the First (10[1])Battle (10[1])of Panipat (10[2])by Babur. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[2])the Mughals (10[1])succeeded what Islamic (10[1])sultanate (10[1])that was ruled (10[1])from a namesake (10[1])city in (10[2])northern (10[1])India? (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

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