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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 the Delhi Sultanate, related to revenues, price controls, and society.
1316–1320) also known as Ikhtiyar al-Din, [1] was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate of present-day India. A member of the Khalji dynasty , he was a son of Alauddin Khalji . After Alauddin's death, Mubarak Shah was imprisoned by Malik Kafur , who appointed his younger brother Shihabuddin Omar as a puppet monarch .
Alauddin Khalji was the nephew and son-in-law of Jalal-ud-din. He raided the Deccan peninsula and Deogiri - then the capital of the state of Maharashtra, looting their treasure. [ 31 ] [ 38 ] He returned to Delhi in 1296, murdered Jalal-ud-din and assumed power as Sultan. [ 39 ]
Malika-i-Jahan married Alauddin long before the Khalji revolution of 1290. [5] Alauddin rose to prominence after the marriage, [7] for when Jalaluddin became the Sultan of Delhi in 1290, he was appointed as Amir-i-Tuzuk (equivalent to Master of ceremonies), while Almas Beg was given the post of Akhur-beg (equivalent to Master of the Horse). [8]
Talbagha, son of Yaghda; Talbagha Nagauri; Saif Chaush; Malik Qabul, who had been given the post of shuhna-i manda by Alauddin; Ahmad Ayaz, the kotwal of Siri, and his son Muhammad Ayaz; The Baradus do not appear to have been granted any important posts in Khusrau Khan's government, presumably because they were illiterate. [20]
Iwaz Khalji's son and heir, Ali Sher Khalji, was the governor of Birbhum and northwestern Bengal during his father's reign. [39] In his governorship, a khanqah was endowed by Ibn Muhammad of Maragheh in 7 Jumada al-Akhir 618 AH (August 1221) in Sian, Suri Sadar. This khanqah now holds the mazar (mausoleum) of Muslim preacher Makhdum Shah. [42]
Arkali Khan had anticipated Alauddin's invasion, and was adequately prepared for the siege. However, after two months of being besieged, his kotwal (fort commander) and some leading citizens were convinced that Alauddin's forces would ultimately emerge victorious. Therefore, they deserted Arkali Khan, and joined Alauddin's forces. [1] [2]
At Bhilsa, Alauddin learned of the immense wealth of the southern Seuna (Yadava) kingdom, and about the routes leading to their capital Devagiri. Therefore, he shrewdly surrendered the loot from Bhilsa to Jalaluddin to gain the Sultan's confidence, while withholding the information on the Yadava kingdom.