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The madrasa was built by Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296–1316) in 1315. [1] The tomb attributed to Alauddin Khalji is located in the central room of the southern wing of the L-shaped madrasa in Qutb Minar complex, Delhi. [2] [3] It is located south west of the Qutub Minar and Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. [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.
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The Khalji dynasty was of Turko-Afghan [7] [8] [9] origin whose ancestors, the Khalaj, are said to have been initially a Turkic people or a Turkified people [10] of possibly of Indo-Iranian origin [11] who migrated together with their ancestors the Hunas and Hephthalites from Central Asia, [12] into the southern and eastern regions of modern-day Afghanistan as early as 660 CE, where they ruled ...
The Khalji or Khilji dynasty [b] was a Turco-Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate for three decades between 1290 and 1320. It was the second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate which covered large swaths of the Indian subcontinent .
The Alai Darwaza was built by Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji of the Khalji dynasty in 1311. It was a part of his plan to extend the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque on four sides. Although he planned to construct four gates, only the Alai Darwaza could be completed as he died in 1316. [2] It serves as the southern gateway of the mosque. [1]
Alauddin ordered the fort to be pelted with stones from siege engines (munjaniqs). At the same time, his armoured soldiers attacked it from all sides. [8] The fort garrison may have suffered from a famine or an epidemic. On 26 August 1303, Alauddin entered the fort. [8] After his victory, Alauddin ordered a general massacre of Chittor's population.
Alauddin Khilji's madrasa and Tomb in the Qutb complex. Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughluq within the Tughlaqabad Fort . Jahaz Mahal is built during the Lodi dynasty period (1452–1526) as a pleasure resort.