Founding of the Delhi Sultanate
Three centuries of Muslim rule over northern India begin
After the death of Muhammad of Ghor, his general Qutb ud-Din Aibak became independent ruler of the conquered lands of northern India. The Delhi Sultanate dominated the north for over three centuries; the Qutb Minar became its emblem.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — 4 years earlier
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — 2 years earlier
- 1215 Magna Carta — 9 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — 21 years earlier
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — 17 years later
Alive at the time
- Genghis Khan (aged 44)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 52)
- Philip II Augustus (aged 41)
- John Lackland (aged 40)
- Francis of Assisi (aged 24)
- Frederick II (aged 12)
- Jayavarman VII (aged 84)
- Tamar of Georgia (aged 40)
- Fibonacci (aged 36)
- Otto IV (aged 31)