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01. ↑Grey flag with black vertical stripe according to the _Catalan Atlas_ of c. 1375: in the depiction of the Delhi Sultanate in the Catalan Atlas
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed02. ↑Kadoi, Yuka (2010). "On the Timurid flag". _Beiträge zur islamischen Kunst und Archäologie_. **2**: 148\. doi: 10.29091/9783954909537/009. S2CID 263250872.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗ Additional / archive link ↗03. ↑Note: other sources describe the use of two flags: the black Abbasid flag, and the red Ghurid flag, as well as various banners with figures of the new moon, a dragon or a lion. "Large banners were carried with the army. In the beginning the sultans had only two colours: on the right were black flags, of Abbasid colour; and on the left they carried their own colour, red, which was derived from Ghor. Qutb-u'd-din Aibak's standards bore the figures of the new moon, a dragon or a lion; Firuz Shah's flags also displayed a dragon." in Qurashi, Ishtiyaq Hussian (1942). _The Administration of the Sultanate of Delhi_. Kashmiri Bazar Lahore: SH. MUHAMMAD ASHRAF. p.143\. , also in Jha, Sadan (8 January 2016). _Reverence, Resistance and Politics of Seeing the Indian National Flag_. Cambridge University Press. p.36\. ISBN 978-1-107-11887-4., also "On the right of the Sultan was carried the black
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗ Additional / archive link ↗04. Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). _A Historical atlas of South Asia_. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p.147, map XIV.3 (h). ISBN 0226742210.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗09. Jump up to: 1 2Eaton, Richard M. (25 July 2019). _India in the Persianate Age: 1000–1765_. Penguin UK. pp.48–49\. ISBN 978-0-14-196655-7. The ethnicity of Turkish slaves, the earliest generation of whom dated to the Ghurid invasions of India, survived well into the thirteenth century. For a time, even Persian-speaking secretaries had to master Turkish in order to function. There persisted, more-over, deep cultural tensions between native Persian-speakers – whether from Iran, Khurasan or Central Asia – and ethnic Turks. Nizam al-Din Auliya (d. 1325), Delhi's renowned Sufi shaikh, characterized Turks as rude, bellicose and vain, reflecting a view, prevalent among many native Persians of the day, that Turks were uncultured boors who had illegitimately monopolized power and privilege. Such animosities were amplified by the asymmetrical power relations between ethnic Turks and Persians, o
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗10. ↑Walsh, pp. 68-70
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed11. Jump up to: 1 2 3Anzalone, p. 100
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed12. ↑Sen, Sailendra (2013). _A Textbook of Medieval Indian History_. Primus Books. pp.72–80\. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed13. ↑Jaswant Lal Mehta (1979). _Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India_. Sterling Publishers Pvt. p.87\. ISBN 978-81-207-0617-0. they actually belonged to three distinct ruling houses-the Qutbi dynasty (1206-11) founded by Qutubuddin Aibek, the first ilbari or shamsi dynasty (1211-66), known after Shamsuddin Iltutmish, and the second Ilbari dynasty (1266-90), founded by Ghiasuddin Balban.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed15. ↑Eaton, Richard M. (25 July 2019). _India in the Persianate Age: 1000–1765_. Penguin UK. pp.39–45\. ISBN 978-0-14-196655-7.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗17. Jump up to: 1 2Walsh, p. 70
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed19. Jump up to: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14Eaton, Richard M. (25 July 2019). _India in the Persianate Age: 1000–1765_. Penguin UK. pp.45–57\. ISBN 978-0-14-196655-7.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗21. ↑Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). _A Historical atlas of South Asia_. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp.37, 147. ISBN 0226742210. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗- Anzalone, Christopher (2008). "Delhi Sultanate". In Ackermann, M. E. etc (ed.). _Encyclopedia of World History_. Vol.2\. Facts on File. pp.100–101\. ISBN 978-0-8160-6386-4.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed- Walsh, J. E. (2006). _A Brief History of India_. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-5658-7.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗- Dynastic Chart The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 2, _p.368._
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗- Sisirkumar Mitra (1977). _The Early Rulers of Khajurāho_. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120819979.
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