Khalji dynasty Facts for Kids

Map of Khalji sultanate within South Asia.

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The Khalji dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Turkic origin. It ruled large parts of South Asia between 1290 and 1320.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Khalji Dynasty Media

Flag of the Delhi Tughlaq Sultanate according to the Catalan Atlas.jpg

Flag of the Delhi Tughlaq Sultanate according to the Catalan Atlas
Tegin Shah (obverse).jpg

Coin of Tegin Shah, described as "Iltäbar (sub-King) of the Khalaj", dated to the year 728 CE.
Islamic Sultanates. Delhi (Khaljis). Jalal al Din Firuz. 1290-1296 AD. AV Tanka (10.95 gm). Delhi mint. Dated AH 691 (1291-2 AD). Legend citing the sultan Legend citing the caliph al Must'asim.jpg

Coinage of Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji. Delhi mint. Dated AH 691 (1291-2 AD). Legend citing the caliph Al-Musta'sim.
Alai Darwaza.JPG

The Alai Darwaza, completed in 1311 during the Khalji dynasty.
Islamic Sultanates. Delhi. ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad. AH 695-715 AD 1296-1316. Dar al-Islam mint. Dated AH 709 (AD 1309-10).jpg

Gold coinage of Alauddin Khalji (AH 695-715 / AD 1296–1316). Dar al-Islam mint. Dated AH 709 (AD 1309–10).
Khusru khilji.jpg

Coinage of Khusrau Khan.
Replica of the Koh-i-Noor (cropped).jpg

The Koh-i-Noor diamond was seized by Alauddin Khalji's army in 1310, from the Kakatiya dynasty in Warangal.^[4]
Window at Alai Darwaza, Qutb complex.jpg

Window of Alai Darwaza.

References

↑ "Khalji Dynasty". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2014-11-13. This dynasty, like the previous Slave dynasty, was of Turkish origin, though the Khaljī tribe had long been settled in Afghanistan. Its three kings were noted for their faithlessness, their ferocity, and their penetration of the Hindu south.
↑ Dynastic Chart The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 2, p. 368.
↑ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 80–89. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
↑ Hermann Kulke & Dietmar Rothermund 2004.