Jalal-ud-din-Firuz Khilji (AD 1290-96)
Jalal-ud-din-Firuz
Khilji was the first Indian ruler of the khilji dynasty. He ruled from
1290-1294. He also invaded India and built his capital in Delhi, though he
never really ruled from there. Then he constructed another capital at Kilokhri
and ruled from there for around 6years. when
Mongols attacked the country, Jalal-ud-din Khilji act as a brave front and
smart negotiations made the Mongols depart. They came back after five years
later and attacked once again when his nephew ascended on the throne.
Some points about jalal-ud-din firuz khilji
1-He came to the throne at the age of seventy and ruled for
6 years.
2-He made kilokhari as his capital.
3-He appointed Malik chajju who was a balban’s nephew, as
the governer of Kara.
4-Jamaluddin came to Kara in July 1296. Where he was murdered
by his own nephew.
Ala-ud-din Khilji (1296-1316)
The
second ruler of the Khilji dynasty was Ala-ud-din Khilji, whose real name was
Juna Khan. He ruled in India from 1296-1316.
Some points about Ala-ud-din khilji
1-He was the nephew and son-in-law of the first khilji
ruler, jalal-ud-din khilji.
2-Ala-ud-din killed
jalal-ud-din khilji and then announced himself as the ruler of Delhi.
3-He expanded his territory into the India within a short
span of time.
4- He was the greatest ruler of the khilji dynasty and was
the first Muslim ruler to extend his empire right up to the extreme south of India.
5-He concentrated all power of the state in his own hands.
6-He adopted “blood and iron “policy of balban in tackling
the Mongol menace. So he built a protecting wall around Delhi and repaired the
old forts on the route of Mongols.
7-He forbade parties and marriage relations among the nobles
without his permission.
8-He established a network of spices all over his kingdom.
9-He established three separate markets in Delhi for food grains,
costly cloths, horses, slaves, and cattle.
10-Like balban, he built several forts on North West frontier
and repaired old ones.
11-He built the jamait khana masjid at the dargah of
nizam-ud-din auliya and Alai darwaza near qutb minar.
12-He began the construction of Alai minar near qutub minar
but could not complete it.
After the death of Alauddin, his favorite kafur, tried to
get throne, But after 5 weeks Kafur was murdered, then Mubarak khilji who was
another son of Alauddin ruled for 4 years.then Mubarak was murdered by Khusrau
Malik. Khausrau was
defeated by Ghazi Tughlaq then Ghazi became the new ruler of the delhi sultanate. And title was the Ghias-ud-din Tughluq.
Thus dynasty of khilji was replaced by Tughluq Dynasty
