Antiquarians built Qutb ud-Din Aibak’s tomb in this city, where he founded the Delhi Sultanate 20 years after its 1186 siege by Muhammad of Ghōr ended Ghaznavid rule. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city whose tombs of Anarkali and Jahangir were plundered by Ranjit Singh, who made it the Sikh Empire’s capital. Maḥmūd of Ghazni occupied a precursor of this walled city’s Mughal fort.
ANSWER: Lahore [or variants of Lahāwar or Rahwar or Lawhūr; accept Lahore Fort; accept Siege of Lahore]
[10h] A tomb in Lahore inters an enslaved governor of this name, whom Islamicate poets idealized as Maḥmūd of Ghazni’s beloved. A Mamluk admiral of this name fortified Diu and won the Battle of Chaul for Gujarat.
ANSWER: Malik Ayaz [or Malik Ayyaz; accept Meliqueaz; accept Ahmed Ayaz or Malik Ahmed Ayaz; prompt on Malik]
[10e] Lord Ellenborough used the 1026 sack of Gujarat’s Somnath (“SOHM-not”) temple as a pretext to move the gates of Maḥmūd of Ghazni’s tomb to this city’s fort. This city houses the tombs of Akbar and Mumtaz Mahal.
ANSWER: Agra [accept Agra Fort; accept Sikandra] (The Taj Mahal is Mumtaz Mahal’s tomb.)
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