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The conquest of Devagiri occurred around 1308, after the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji sent a large army led by his general Malik Kafur to Devagiri, the capital of the Yadava king Ramachandra. Alauddin had earlier raided Devagiri in 1296, and forced Ramachandra to pay him tribute.
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 ...
When Alauddin was a governor of Kara, Nusrat Khan accompanied him during his 1296 raid on Devagiri. Alauddin led an 8,000-strong cavalry, [ 6 ] but spread a rumor that his army was only the vanguard of a bigger 20,000-strong cavalry that would reach Devagiri shortly after his arrival. [ 7 ]
Daulatabad Fort, originally Deogiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Daulatabad village near Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India.It was the capital of the Yadavas (9th century – 14th century CE), for a brief time the capital of the Delhi Sultanate (1327–1334), and later a secondary capital of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate (1499–1636).
The Seuna, Sevuna, or Yadavas of Devagiri (IAST: Seuṇa, c. 1187 –1317) [5] was a medieval Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a realm stretching from the Narmada river in the north to the Tungabhadra river in the south, in the western part of the Deccan region.
Western coast of India, with the traditional Yadava capital of Diogil ("Deogiri", or Devagiri) at the center, in the Catalan Atlas (1375). On top of the city of Diogil floats a peculiar flag (), while coastal cities are under the black flag of the Delhi Sultanate (). [51] [1] Devagiri was ultimately captured by Alauddin Khalji in 1307. [52]
The ruler of Devagiri is the Yadava king Ramachandra, who continued to rule as Alauddin's vassal after his defeat. III.3 - "Having slain the proud and brave ruler, Hammīra, the overlord of Sapādalakṣa, he took all that he (Hammīra) had." This refers to Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Ranthambore. Hammīra is the Chahamana ruler of Ranthambore.
Kafur is described as of Hindu [2] [3] descent ("Mahratta", according to the 14th-century chronicler Isami). [1] In his youth, Kafur was the slave of a wealthy Khwaja of Khambhat . [ 1 ] He was an eunuch slave [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] of great physical beauty, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 6 ] said to have been purchased by his original master for 1,000 dinars .