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The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 2254–2218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris. The relief measures 200 cm. in height (6' 7") [1] and was carved in pinkish sandstone, [2] with cuneiform writings in Akkadian and Elamite.
Ruler Reign [4] Ascension year Notes Gonanda III: 35 years: 1182 BCE: Gonanda III founded a new dynasty. (I.191) He belonged to Rama's lineage, and restored the Nāga rites Vibhishana I: 53 years, 6 months: 1147 BCE: Indrajit: 35 years: 1094 BCE: Ravana: 30 years, 6 months – A Shivalinga attributed to Ravana could still be seen at the time of ...
Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din (Persian: سلطان رضیه الدنیا والدین) (c. 1205 - 15 October 1240, r. 1236–1240), popularly known as Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, and the only female Muslim ruler of Delhi.
Sher Shah Suri (Farid al-Din Khan; 1472 or 1486 – 22 May 1545), [1] also known by his title Sultan Adil (lit. 'the Just King'), was the ruler of Bihar from 1530 to 1540, and Sultan of Hindustan from 1540 until his death in 1545. [2] He defeated the Mughal Empire in 1540, founding the Sur Empire, and establishing his rule in Delhi.
The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire on the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century CE to mid 6th century CE. It was the seventh ruling dynasty of Magadha. At its zenith, from approximately 319 to 467 CE, it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. [8] This period has been considered as the Golden Age of India by ...
Al-Andalus[a] (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and Southern France. The name describes the different Muslim [1][2] states that controlled these territories at various times between ...
Qaiqabad was a weak ruler, and the administration was actually run by his officer Malik Nizamuddin. [13] [14] After Nizamuddin was poisoned by some rival officers, Qaiqabad summoned Jalal-ud-din from Samana to Delhi, gave him the title "Shaista Khan", appointed him as the ariz-i-mumalik, and made him the governor of Baran. [11]
Al-Hajjaj was a highly capable though ruthless statesman, strict in character, and a harsh and demanding master. Widely feared by his contemporaries, he became a deeply controversial figure and an object of deep-seated enmity among later, pro- Abbasid writers, who ascribed to him persecutions and mass executions.