Arrange the following rulers in the chronological order:
A. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
B. Mohd. Ghori
C. Timur
D. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
E. Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B, A, E, D, C
B. Mohd. Ghori — defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in the Second Battle of Tarain (1192) and ruled his Indian conquests through his generals until his death in 1206.
A. Qutb-ud-din Aibak — Ghori’s slave general; founded the Delhi Sultanate (Mamluk or Slave dynasty) and ruled 1206–1210.
E. Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji — founded the Khalji dynasty and ruled 1290–1296.
D. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq — founded the Tughlaq dynasty and ruled 1320–1325.
C. Timur — the Central Asian conqueror who invaded India and sacked Delhi in 1398, in the reign of the later Tughlaqs.