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Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji

Type Figure Region South Asia Time c. 1220–1296 Also known as Jalal al-Din Firuz Khalji

Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji was the founding sultan of the Khalji dynasty, born around 1220 in the Afghanistan region;…

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  1. c. 1220–1289Khalji region · KhaljiJalal came from the Khalji Turkic tribe and served long in the sultanate's army and on the frontier, accumulating military merit and political capital, until by the late 1280s he had become a major military leader capable of challenging the Mamluk remnants.
  2. 1290–1296Delhi · Delhi SultanateIn 1290 Jalal deposed the last Mamluk sultan Kaiqubad, proclaimed himself sultan, and founded the Khalji dynasty. His rule was relatively lenient, focused on appeasing nobles and religious figures, but in old age he was assassinated by his grandnephew Ala ud-Din while campaigning against Malwa, and dynastic power quickly shifted.

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