Between 602/1206 and the conquest of Delhi and of parts of North India by the first Mughal sovereign, Bābur (r. 932/1526–936/1530), five dynasties of so-called Delhi sultans ruled North India and, at times, the northern Deccan. Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd II (r. 796–815/1394–1412) was the fifth Tughluq sultan of Delhi in the troubled six-year period following the death of Fīrūz Shāh (r. 752–90/1351–88), the last great ruler of the Tughluq dynasty (r. 720–815/1320–1412). He was also the last descendant of Fīrūz Shāh to rule from Delhi. He was…