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7 unusual facts about Alauddin khilji


Dodo Bin Khafef Soomro III

The Khaljis now not only wanted to replace Dodo by Chanesar; they also wanted Bhagi, Bhungar Rao's daughter by a third (regular) wife, for Sultan Alauddin.

Ettayapuram estate

During an invasion of Alauddin Khilji, Kumaramuttu Nayak the founder of the dynasty migrated from Chandragiri to Tirunelveli where he was granted the region comprising the later-established Ettaiyapuram estate.

Malik Muhammad Jayasi

His most famous work is Padmavat (1540), a poem describing the story of the historic siege of Chittor by Alauddin Khilji in AD 1303, who attacked Chittor after hearing of the beauty of Queen Rani Padmini, the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh.

Rawal Ratan Singh

It was written by Alauddin Khilji in 1303 CE, who attacked Chittor after hearing of the beauty of queen Rani Padmini, the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh.

Shahbaz Khan Kamboh

The system had been earlier in vogue during Alauddin Khilji as well as Sher Shah Suri but was discontinued during Mughal rule and was replaced with fief system which came to be badly misused by the Amirs and the officers.

Tipu Sultan Unani Medical College

Alauddin Khilji (r. 1296-1316) had several eminent Unani physicians (hakims) in his royal courts.

Urdu in Aurangabad

Sultan Alauddin khilji (1296–1316) was the first Muslim ruler who sent a large military expedition to the Deccan in the beginning of the 14th century.


Beary

Noori disputes the claim that the first Muslims came to India along with Alauddin Khilji between 1296–1316 AD and points out that according to renowned historian, Henry Miers Elliot, (The History of India as told by its own Historians, Part I) the first ship bearing Muslim travelers was seen on the Indian coast as early as 630 AD.

Mubarak Khan

Mubarak Khan also Mubarak Khilji (died 1320 AD) (son of Alauddin Khilji) named himself regent of Khilji dynasty (controlling large portions of the northern Indian subcontinent) after escaping an assassination attempt on him by Malik Kafur, once his father's trusted general.

Sufi saints of Aurangabad

Saiad Shah Jalal ud din or Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh (which means "moving treasure'), was born at Khirkan near Bukhara, and established the earliest Islamic mission in the Dakhan about H. 700, or a little before the invasion of 'Alaud din Khilji.


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Kot, Fatehpur

The relationship between tribe and ethnic group is complex, and all Khokkhars (including those in rural areas) consider themselves linked to the Pashtun people and the armies of the Moguls and Alauddin Khilji.