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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 India, related to revenues, price controls, and society.
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 .
In 1311 Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji dispatched an army to capture the Jalore Fort in present-day Rajasthan, India.Jalore was ruled by the Chahamana ruler Kanhadadeva, whose armies had earlier fought several skirmishes with the Delhi forces, especially since Alauddin's conquest of the neighboring Siwana fort.
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.
Aditi Rao Hydari as Mehrunisa [29] [30] – the first wife of Alauddin Khilji and Queen of the Delhi Sultanate; Jim Sarbh as Malik Kafur [31] – a prominent eunuch slave-general of Alauddin Khilji [32] Raza Murad as Jalal-ud-Din Khalji [33] – the founder and first Sultan of the Khilji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate. He was deposed by ...
Isami states that she was the mother of Alauddin's son and successor Shihab-ud-din Omar. [18] The 16th century historian Firishta claims that after Alauddin's death, his viceroy Malik Kafur married Ramachandra's daughter. Chhitai Varta (c. 1440), a Hindi poem by Narayan-das, narrates her legend. [15] Ramachandra stayed at Delhi for six months. [9]
The Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296-1316) implemented a series of major fiscal, land and agrarian reforms in northern India. He re-designated large areas of land as crown territory by confiscating private properties and by annulling land grants.
Alauddin kept his march to Devagiri a secret from Jalaluddin, because he intended to use the wealth obtained from this raid for dethroning the Sultan. When Alauddin reached Devagiri, the Yadava king Ramachandra retreated to the hill fort, and Alauddin's army thoroughly ransacked the lower city. The defenders were under-prepared for a siege, as ...