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Gujarat was one of the wealthiest regions of India, because of its fertile soil and the Indian Ocean trade. [1] Moreover, a large number of Muslim traders lived in the port cities of Gujarat. Alauddin's conquest of Gujarat would make it convenient for the Muslim merchants of north India to participate in international trade. [3]
Alauddin Khalji (Persian: علاء الدین خلجی; r. 1296–1316 ), born Ali Gurshasp , was a ruler from the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate in the Indian subcontinent . Alauddin instituted a number of significant administrative changes in India, related to revenues , price controls , and society .
Gujarat, a region in western India, fell under the Delhi Sultanate following repeated expeditions under Alauddin Khalji around the end of the 13th century. He conquered the Kingdom of Gujarat which had been under the rule of the Vaghela dynasty under Karna II and established Muslim rule in Gujarat.
In 1299, the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji sent an army to ransack Gujarat. According to multiple medieval chronicles, Karna had abducted the wife of his minister Madhava and killed Madhava's brother. In revenge, Madhava instigated Alauddin to invade Gujarat. [70] [71] In 1304, Karna lost his throne permanently after a second invasion from Delhi.
Malik Kafur (died February 1316), also known as Taj al-Din Izz al-Dawla, was a prominent general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. He was captured by Alauddin's general Nusrat Khan during the 1299 invasion of Gujarat, and rose to prominence in the 1300s. As a commander of Alauddin's forces, Kafur defeated the Mongol invaders in 1306.
According to Ziauddin Barani, Alauddin dispatched Ulugh Khan and Zafar Khan to check the Mongol invasion. Alauddin's courtier Amir Khusrau omits Zafar Khan's name, but Barani is probably correct. [7] (Zafar Khan's name was omitted in the dynasty's official chronicles because Alauddin was unhappy with his reckless disobedience during the Battle ...
Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa (1305) ‘Ayn al-Mulk Mūltānī was a military commander and official who served the Khalji and Tughluq dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate in present-day India. He served as Alauddin Khalji 's governor of Malwa and Devagiri , and after Alauddin's death, suppressed a revolt in Gujarat .
In revenge, Madhava instigated the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji to invade his kingdom. [5] [1] In 1299, Alauddin invaded Gujarat, which was one of the wealthiest regions of India. [6] The invasion appears to have been a surprise for Karna, as Alauddin's army captured Gujarat easily in a very short time.