Mandu, or Mandogarh, is a ruined city in the Dhar District in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Mandu was the capital of the fifteenth-century Muslim kingdom of Malwa. The city is situated at an elevation of 2079 ft. and extends for 8 miles along the crest of the Vindhya Range, overlooking the plateau of Malwa to the north, and the valley of the Narmada River to the south. It was founded by Dilawar Khan, who was governor of Malwa province under the Delhi Sultanate, and in 1401 declared himself Sultan of Malwa. The city reached its greatest splendour under Hoshang Shah (1405-1435). Sultan Mahmud Khalji (reigned 1436-69) expanded the state to include portions of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and the Deccan. The circuit of the battlemented wall is nearly 23 miles, enclosing a large number of palaces, mosques and other buildings. The oldest mosque dates from 1405; the finest is the Jama Masjid or great mosque, a notable example of Pathan architecture, founded by Hoshang Shah. The marble domed tomb of this ruler is also magnificent. Dhar is a town in the Malwa region in western Madhya Pradesh state, central India. ... Malwa (माळवा in Malvi ) is a region of western India, lying in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Malwa (माळवा in Malvi ) is a region of western India, lying in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state. ... The Vindhya Range is a range of hills in central India, which geographically separates The Indian subcontinent into northern India and Southern India. ... The Narmada or Nerbudda is a river in central India. ... The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... Hoshang Shah was the sultan of Malwa from 1405 to 1435. ... Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Introduction The Deccan Plateau is a vast plateau in India, encompassing most of Central and Southern India. ... The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, or ethnic Afghan; in referring to the period of the British Raj or earlier, sometimes Pathan) are an ethnic/religious group of people, living primarily in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India who follow Pashtunwali, their indigenous religion. ...

The authority of Malwa's sultans declined towards the end of the fifteenth century, and in the early 1500's the sultan sought the aid of the sultans of Gujarat to counter the growing power of the Rajputs, while the Rajputs sought the aid of the Sesodia Rajput kings of Mewar. Gujarat stormed Mandu in 1518 and 1531, and shortly thereafter the Malwa sultanate collapsed. The Mughal emperor Akbar captured Malwa in 1562, and made it a province of his empire. Emperor Jahangir enjoyed the beauty and climate of Mandu. Mandu was abandoned by the seventeenth century. Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... A Rajput (from Sanskrit rāja-putra, son of a king) is a member of a prominent caste who live throughout northern and central India, primarily in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, although not all Rajputs find their origin in Rajasthan. ... The Sisodia, Sesodia (or Sisodya) are a Rajput clan who ruled the kingdom of Mewar in Rajasthan. ... Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Jalauddin Akbar Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbár, (alternative spellings include Jellaladin) also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 15, 1542 – 1605) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Emperor Jahangir. ...

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain. The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), contend supporters, in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

External link

Mandu at the Islamic Monuments of India Photographic Database

Disambiguation

Mandu (dumpling) Mandu or manty refers to dumplings in Korean, Turkish, Persian, Mongolian and Pakhtan cuisines. Mandu or manty refers to dumplings in Korean, Turkish, Persian, Mongolian and Pakhtan cuisines. ...