Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, who was around 70 years old at the time of his ascension, was known as a mild-mannered, humble and kind monarch to the general public. Jalaluddin succeeded in overcoming the opposition of the Turkish nobles and ascended the throne of Delhi in January 1290.

He returned to Delhi, believing that Alauddin would carry the wealth from Kara to Delhi. On 20 July 1296, Alauddin had Jalaluddin killed after pretending to greet the Sultan, and declared himself the new king. Jalaluddin’s companions were also killed, while Ahmad Chap’s army retreated to Delhi.

The original name of Chhajju was Kishlu Khan. He was a nephew of Balban and would like to but himself on the throne, if possible. He opposed Jalal-ud-Din before he became king but after his accession, he submitted and was given the Jagir of Kara.

Malik Kafur (died 1316), also known as Taj al-Din Izz al-Dawla, was a prominent slave-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.

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The Khaljis of the Khalji Dynasty were of Turko-Afghan origin whose ancestors, the Khalaj, are said to have been initially a Turkic people who migrated together with the Iranian Huns and Hephthalites from Central Asia, into the southern and eastern regions of modern-day Afghanistan as early as 660CE where they ruled.

The real name of Alauddin Khilji was Ali Gurshap. He sat on the throne of Delhi Sultanate in 1296 AD after killing his uncle Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji. Allauddin Khilji was known as the most powerful ruler of Delhi sultanate. Despite the fact that Alauddin was illiterate, he was an able soldier.

Alauddin Khilji

If the history of Mughal rulers in seen with close quarters- Alauddin Khilji wasn’t only the most powerful king of Sultanate period, but he was arguably the most powerful sultan of Delhi along with Mogul emperors like Aurangzeb and Akbar.

Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji

Qutb-ud-Din Mubarak Shah Khilji

After Alauddin’s death, Mubarak Shah was imprisoned by Malik Kafur, who appointed his younger brother Shihabuddin Omar as a puppet monarch. After Malik Kafur’s murder, Mubarak Shah became the regent. He was murdered because of a conspiracy by his slave general Khusrau Khan, who succeeded him on the throne.

three sultans

1320 AD

Five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290), the Khalji dynasty (1290–1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414), the Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451), and the Lodi dynasty (1451–1526).

EXPLANATION: The Khilji dynasty was gave named after a village in Afghanistan. Bharani and Wolse Haig have mentioned in their accounts that the rulers from this dynasty who came to India had temporarily settled in Afghanistan, but were originally Turks. The Khiljis were mainly from persi, tarkish, arab and Pakistan.

Siri Fort, in the city of New Delhi, was built during the rule of Alauddin Khilji, the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, to defend the city from the onslaught of the Mongols.

Alauddin

Allauddin Khilji

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