Khilji Dynasty

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Khilji Dynasty (1290 -1320)

 

1.       Khilji dynasty was founded by Malik Firoz in 1290 and assumed the title Jalaluddin Khilji (1290- 96)  

2.      In 1292 the Mongols under Abdulla accepted defeat from Jalaluddin Khilji.  

3.      Alauddin Khilji, the nephew of Jalaluddin Khilji, killed him after his victory on Devagiri in 1296.  

4.      Alauddin Khilji’s early name was Ali Gurushap.  

5.      He became the Sulthan in 1296 AD and ruled till 1316 AD.  

6.      In 1303 Alauddin Khilji attacked Chittor, the capital of Mewar, to marry Padmini the wife of Chittor king Ratna Singh.  

7.      But Padmini and other Rajput women committed Juhar (Juhar is a mass suicide by Jumping into fire, committed by Rajput women to escape from being polluted by others)  

8.      Padmavat is a historical kavya about Padmini episode written by Malik Muhammed Jayasi.  

9.      Malik Muhammed Jayasi was the court poet of Shersha Suri.  

10.    Alauddin Khilji was the first Muslim ruler to attack South India.  

11.      Malik Kafur was Alauddin Khilji’s Commander who attacked South India.  

12.    Alauddin Khilji was the most famous ruler of the Khilji Dynasty.  

13.    Alauddin was the Sulthan of Delhi who banned the use of liquor.  

14.    Alauddin had a dream of a World Conquest so he assumed the title ‘Sikhandar-i-sani’ or Second Alexander.  

15.    Demitrius a Bactrian ruler is popularly known as Second Alexander.  

16.    Alauddin abolished the Zamindari System and imposed tax on cattle.  

17.     He was the first muslim ruler of Delhi to introduce measurement of land for tax assessment.  

18.    His market regulations were to get goods at controlled price to the people of Delhi.  

19.    Alauddin Khilji was the first Sulthan of Delhi who separated religion from politics.  

20.  He was also the first to proclaim ‘‘I am the Khalifa’’.  

21.    Alauddin constructed Alai Darwaza the gate way of Qutub Minar.  

22.   He built the city of Siri, the second of the seven cities of Delhi, near Qutub Minar.  

23.   The first marriage between a muslim ruler and a Hindu princess was between Alauddin and Kamala Devi, the widow of the ruler of Gujarat.  

24.   Alauddin Khilji was killed by his commander Malik Kafur by poisoning.  

25.   Amir Khusru was the court poet of Alauddin  

26.   Amir Khusru is known as the ‘Parrot of India’  

27.   He is considered as the father of Urdu language and the inventor of Sitar.  

28.   Laila Majnu and Tughlaq Nama are the famous works of Amir Khusru.  

29.   Alauddin khilji was the first Sulthan to maintain a permanent standing army.  

30.  Alauddin Khilji was responsible for the introduction of postal system in medieval India.  

31.    Mubarak shah khilji was the last ruler of the khilji Dynasty.

32.   Khilji dynasty came to an end when the Mubarak shah Khilji was killed by Khusrau Khan.  

33.   Some historians consider Khusrau Khan as the last Khilji Sulthan.