Muiz ud din Qaiqabad X Shamsuddin Kayumars X Aitmar Surkah † Aitmar Kachhan †
The Khalji Revolution,[1] alternatively spelled the Khilji Revolution,[2] marked a military coup and a period of political and societal transformation in the Delhi Sultanate. It unfolded following the demise of Mamluk sultan Balban and the subsequent incapacity of his successors to effectively govern the Delhi Sultanate. The upheaval commenced and concluded in 1290 when Jalaluddin Khalji seized absolute power, toppling the Mamluks and inaugurating the rule of the Khalji dynasty.
After Balban's demise, his underage grandson Qaiqabad ascended the throne. Neglectful of governance, Qaiqabad later fell ill and became paralyzed, leading to the succession of his infant son, Shamsuddin Kayumars. Amidst this upheaval, factions arose within the Mamluk court, with the Turkish faction led by Aitmar Surkah facing off against the Khalji faction, led by Jalaluddin Khalji.
Conflict erupted between the factions, culminating in the Khaljis kidnapping Shamsuddin, the infant king. A battle ensued, resulting in the defeat of the Turks. Following their defeat, a significant portion of the Turkic nobility defected to the Khalji faction. With the infant sultan under his control and Qaiqabad nearing death, Jalaluddin assumed the roles of regent and wazir, ultimately consolidating absolute power and deposing Shamsuddin in June 1290.
The success of the revolution witnessed the Khalji dynasty replacing the Mamluk dynasty as the ruling dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. Jalaluddin's reign endured merely six years until his assassination by his nephew, Alauddin Khalji. This revolution signaled the conclusion of Turkish hegemony over the nobility of the Delhi Sultanate.
The KhaljiRevolution, alternatively spelled the Khilji Revolution, marked a military coup and a period of political and societal transformation in the...
throne of Delhi after the KhaljiRevolution. According to The New Cambridge History of Islam in the thirteenth century the Khalji were regarded as a separate...
Alauddin Khalji (Persian: علاء الدین خلجی; r. 1296–1316), born Ali Gurshasp, was a ruler from the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate in the...
Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī, (Pashto: اختیارالدین محمد بختیار غلجي, Bengali: ইখতিয়ারউদ্দীন মুহাম্মাদ বখতিয়ার খলজী) also known as Bakhtiyar Khalji, was a Turko-Afghan...
The Khalji dynasty (Bengali: খলজি রাজবংশ, Persian: خاندان خلجی) was the first Muslim dynasty to rule Bengal. The dynasty, which hailed from the Garmsir...
vulnerable to the Khalji faction, which took power through a series of assassinations, and ultimately overthrew the Turks in the KhaljiRevolution. The Turkan-i-Chahalghani...
Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4. India Through the Ages The Slave Dynasty The KhaljiRevolution v t e...
appointed Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji as the commander of the army. Khalji assassinated Qaiqabad and assumed power in the KhaljiRevolution, thus ending the Mamluk...
over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially:the Mamluk dynasty (1206-1290), the Khalji dynasty (1290-1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320 1414), the Sayyid dynasty...
in 1290 by a Khalji noble. His infant son, Kayumars, was also murdered, ending the Mamluk Dynasty and instigating the KhaljiRevolution. Muiz ud din Qaiqabad...
succeeded by Jalal ud-Din Khalji (or Firuz Shah I), founder of the Khalji Dynasty. Ending Mamluk rule and instigating the KhaljiRevolution. September 27 – The...
Bakhtiyar Khalji, general of the Delhi Sultanate Muhammad Shiran Khalji, the 2nd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate Iwaz Khalji, the...
succeeded by Jalal ud-Din Khalji (or Firuz Shah I), founder of the Khalji Dynasty. Ending Mamluk rule and instigating the KhaljiRevolution. September 27 – The...
pronounced [ɣəlˈd͡ʒi]; Persian: خیلجی, romanized: Xelji) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai or Ghilzay (غرزی), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes. Their...
However, under the sharia based reigns of Sunni emperors such as Alauddin Khalji, Mughal Empire's Aurangzeb, and Mysore's rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan...
success. In the early 14th century, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji instituted several market reforms, which included price-fixing for a wide...
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parts of the Indian subcontinent. In the 14th century, the Khalji dynasty under Alauddin Khalji, extended Muslim rule southwards to Gujarat, Rajasthan, and...
Kirtistambh at Rudra Mahalaya Temple. The temple was destroyed by Alauddin Khalji. Exterior wall reliefs at Hoysaleswara Temple. The temple was twice sacked...
Abbasid Caliphate, but following the Ghurid conquests led by Bakhtiyar Khalji and the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, the Muslim faith spread across...
Khalji attacked Hammir Dev because of his rising power. Jalaludin's forces were defeated by Hammir. Siege of Jalore (1291) –Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji attacked...
which had long domiciled in the Ghazni, Qalati Ghilji (also known as Qalati Khalji), and Zabulistan regions of present-day Afghanistan. They intermarried with...
Delhi. In Bengal and Bihar, the reign of general Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji was established. Shamsuddīn Iltutmish (1211–1236), established the Delhi...
Yadavas (Seuna) of Devagiri into the Kakatiyan territory. In 1303, Alauddin Khalji, the emperor of the Delhi Sultanate invaded the Kakatiya territory which...
zenith;[citation needed] soon after his tenure, the Turkic emperor at Delhi, Alāuddin Khalji, and his successors ended the Yadav rule in southwestern India. Hemadri...
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