Round 10: 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. (-5[1])The Tomar dynasty lost Gwalior Fort (-5[1])to this 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 Minar’s construction was started by this (10[1])state’s founder, Qutb-ud-Din Aibak. (-5[1])Razia Sultan (10[2])ruled this state, which reached its greatest extent under Muhammad bin Tughluq. This (10[1])sultanate’s last ruler, Ibrahim Lodi, was defeated at the First Battle of Panipat (10[1])by Babur. For 10 points, (10[1])the Mughals succeeded what Islamic sultanate (10[1])that was ruled (10[1])from a namesake (10[1])city in northern India? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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