Round 12: 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. The Tomar dynasty lost Gwalior Fort to this (-5[1])state after the death 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 Minar’s construction (10[1])was started (10[1])by this state’s (10[1])founder, (10[1])Qutb-ud-Din Aibak. Razia Sultan ruled this state, (10[1])which reached its greatest (10[1])extent under Muhammad bin Tughluq. This sultanate’s (10[1])last ruler, Ibrahim Lodi, was defeated at the First (10[1])Battle of Panipat by Babur. For 10 points, the Mughals succeeded what Islamic sultanate that was ruled from a namesake city in northern India? ■END■ (10[1])

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