Ibn Battuta named envoy to China

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1. Ibn Battuta named envoy to China — 1342 CE · c. 742 AH

   In 1342 the Delhi sultan Muhammad ibn Tughluq appointed Ibn Battuta his envoy to the Chinese emperor, after years at his court.

2. Timur Takes Delhi in 801 AH — c. 1398 CE · 801 AH

   In 801 Timur raided India, took Delhi and carried off multitudes — on his return to Samarqand the Indian captives sold at the cheapest prices for their numbers .

3. First Battle of Panipat — 1526 CE · 932 AH†

   At Panipat in 932/1526 Sultan Zahir al-Din Babur broke Ibrahim Lodi, sultan of Delhi, opening the road to Delhi and founding Mughal rule in India .

4. Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH — 1555 CE · 962 AH

   In 962/1555 Sultan Humayun recovered Delhi from the Sur sultans after fifteen years in exile, and the capital was Mughal once more .

5. Founding of Shahjahanabad — 1638 CE · 1048 AH†

   In 1638 Shah Jahan ordered a new walled capital at Delhi, named Shahjahanabad, with the Red Fort at its heart .

6. Inauguration of the Red Fort, Delhi — 1648 CE · 1058 AH†

   In 1648 Shah Jahan entered his new palace-fortress, the Red Fort of Shahjahanabad, which became the seat of Mughal power .

7. Completion of the Jama Masjid of Delhi — 1656 CE · 1066 AH†

   The Jama Masjid of Shahjahanabad — the largest mosque of India, built on Shah Jahan's order — was completed in 1656 .

8. Coronation of Aurangzeb at Delhi — 1659 CE · 1069 AH†

   Aurangzeb crowned himself Mughal emperor at Delhi in 1659, after the war of succession against his brothers .

9. Nadir Shah sacks Delhi (1739) — 1739 CE · 1152 AH†

   Nadir Shah Afshar broke the Mughal army at Karnal, entered Delhi in 1739, massacred multitudes of its people and carried its treasury, with the Peacock Throne, to Iran .

10. Siege of Delhi — 1857 CE · 1273 AH†

    In the 1857 rising the rebels held Delhi and proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar emperor; the British besieged the city for months, then stormed it — the end of Mughal rule in Delhi .