Who was allahudin khilji? n wat is khilji dynasty???
Mohammad Ghori had left Qutab-ud-din Aibek who was a slave from Turkistan in charge of the Indian affairs. Qutab-ud-din's general Muhammad Khilji successfully plundered and conquered the fort of Bihar in 1193 AD. In about 1199-1202AD Muhammad Khilji brought Bengal under his authority. Qutab-ud-din died in 1210AD. He had laid the foundation of a new dynasty called the Slave dynasty in 1206AD. In 1211 A.D. Iltumish (son in law of Qutub-ud-din) ascended the throne. He spent his days in retrieving the lost territories of Qutab-ud-din, and also added Malwa and Sind. He defeated Rajput rulers of Ranthambor, Ajmer, Jalor, Nagor, Gwalior. Kannauj, Banaras and Badaun were under his dominion. During his period Qutab Minar in Delhi was completed.
Iltutmish's daughter Razia Begum came to power 1236 AD after a brief power struggle and ruled till 240 AD when she was killed. hram Shah was a mere puppet in the hands of the nobles. Nasir-uddin Mahmud the youngest son of Iltumish came into power after another power struggle. He was in power for twenty-five years. The affairs of the state were left to his father-in-law and minister Ulugh Khan Balban. After the death of Nasir-ud-din Mahmud in 1226 AD the power was taken over by Balban who was an able administrator. He maintained a strict attitude towards the Hindus and kept them under strong suppression with the help of his military power. He was one of the greatest of the military rulers of the Slave dynasty. Balban died in 1287 AD.
The Khilji Dynasty
Following the death of Balban the Sultanate became weak and there were number of revolts. This was the period when the nobles placed Jalaluddin Khilji on the throne. This marked the beginning of Khilji dynasty. The rule of this dynasty started in 1290 AD. Alauddin Khilji a nephew of Jalaluddin Khilji hatched a conspiracy and got Sultan Jala-lud din killed and proclaimed himself as the Sultan in 1296. In 1297 AD Alauddin Khilji set off for conquering Gujarat. In 1301 A.D. Ramthambhor was captured and the Rajput Hamir Deva was murdered. In 1303 A.D. he conquered Chittor killing Rana Rattan Singh. His queen Rani Padmini with the other women committed Jauhar. In 1305 A.D. Alauddin Khilji captured Malwa, Ujjain, Mandu, Dhar and Chanderi but failed to capture Bengal. By 1311 A.D. he captured nearly the whole of North India. His General Malik Kafur captured a large part of south India. Mongols invaded the country several times but were successfully repulsed. From these invasion Allauddin Khilji learnt the lessons of keeping himself prepared, by fortifying and organizing his armed forces. Allaudin died in 1316 A.D.
There was lot of infighting after Alauddin Khiljis death and Mubarak Khan the third son of Alauddin Khilji ascended the throne as Qutb-ud-din Mubarak in the year 1316 AD. The rule of Qutb-ud-din Mubarak was an utter failure. Ultimately Qutb-ud-din Mubarak was murdered by Khusru Khan and Khilji dynasty ended.
Alauddin Khilji invaded Devagiri once when he was the crown prince.Alauddin Khilji once again invaded Devagiri in 1306.The invincible Malik Kafur was on the spearhead of the army.He was accompanied with Khwaja Haji.The governors of Malwa and Gujarat was ordered to help Malik Kafur.The huge army conquered Devagiri almost without a battle.Alauddin Khilji appointed Raja Ramchandra the governor of Devagiri.He was given the title "Rai Rayan" (king of kings)
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