33 Facts About Ala-ud-din Khalji

Ala-ud-din Khalji successfully fended off several Mongol invasions of India.

Ala-ud-din Khalji was the eldest son of Shihabuddin Mas'ud, who was the elder brother of the Khalji dynasty's founder Sultan Jalaluddin.

Ala-ud-din Khalji had three brothers: Almas Beg, Qutlugh Tigin and Muhammad.

Ala-ud-din Khalji closely monitored Alauddin, and encouraged her daughter's arrogant behavior towards him.

Ala-ud-din Khalji left Devagiri with a huge amount of wealth, including precious metals, jewels, silk products, elephants, horses, and slaves.

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Ala-ud-din Khalji returned to Delhi, believing that Alauddin would carry the wealth from Kara to Delhi.

Ala-ud-din Khalji requested a letter of pardon signed by the Sultan, which the Sultan immediately despatched through messengers.

Ala-ud-din Khalji convinced Jalaluddin to visit Kara and meet Alauddin, saying that Alauddin would commit suicide out of guilt if the Sultan didn't pardon him personally.

Ala-ud-din Khalji promoted the existing Amirs to the rank of Maliks, and appointed his close friends as the new Amirs.

Ala-ud-din Khalji's objective was to cause a change in the general political opinion, by portraying himself as someone with huge public support.

Ala-ud-din Khalji increased the strength of the Sultanate's army, and gifted every soldier the salary of a year and a half in cash.

Ala-ud-din Khalji strengthened the forts and the military presence along the Mongol routes to India.

Ala-ud-din Khalji implemented a series of economic reforms to ensure sufficient revenue inflows for maintaining a strong army.

Ala-ud-din Khalji viewed their haughtiness and their direct and indirect resistance as the main difficulty affecting his reign.

Ala-ud-din Khalji took away all landed properties of his courtiers and nobles and cancelled revenue assignments which were henceforth controlled by the central authorities.

Ala-ud-din Khalji did not levy any additional taxes on agriculture, and abolished the cut that the intermediaries received for collecting revenue.

Ala-ud-din Khalji forced the rural chiefs to pay same taxes as the others, and banned them from imposing illegal taxes on the peasants.

Ala-ud-din Khalji levied taxes on residences and grazing, which were not sanctioned by the Islamic law.

Ala-ud-din Khalji managed to raise such a large army by paying relatively low salaries to his soldiers, and introduced market price controls to ensure that the low salaries were acceptable to his soldiers.

Ala-ud-din Khalji banned gambling, and excommunicated drunkards and gamblers from Delhi, along with vendors of intoxicants.

Ala-ud-din Khalji started concentrating all the power in the hands of his family and his slaves.

Ala-ud-din Khalji became infatuated with his slave-general Malik Kafur, who became the de facto ruler of the Sultanate after being promoted to the rank of viceroy.

Ala-ud-din Khalji convinced Alauddin to order the killing of his brother-in-law Alp Khan, an influential noble who could rival Malik Kafur's power.

Ala-ud-din Khalji married Jhatyapali, the daughter of Hindu king Ramachandra of Devagiri, probably after the 1296 Devagiri raid, or after his 1308 conquest of Devagiri.

Ala-ud-din Khalji was captured by Khalji forces during an invasion, escorted to Delhi as part of the war booty, and taken into Alauddin's harem.

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Ala-ud-din Khalji rose rapidly in Alauddin's service, mainly because of his proven ability as military commander and wise counsellor, and eventually became the viceroy of the Sultanate.

Ala-ud-din Khalji started the construction of the Alai Minar, which was intended to be double to size of the Qutb Minar, but the project was abandoned, probably when he died.

Ala-ud-din Khalji's administration persecuted the Ismaili minorities, after the orthodox Sunnis falsely accused them of permitting incest in their "secret assemblies".

Ala-ud-din Khalji never asked for legal opinions about political matters, and very few learned men visited him.

Ala-ud-din Khalji compromised with the Hindu chiefs who were willing to accept his suzerainty.

Ala-ud-din Khalji had amassed wealth in his treasury through campaigns in Deccan and South India and issued many coins.

Ala-ud-din Khalji's coins omitted the mention of the Khalifa, replacing it with the self-laudatory title Sikander-us-sani Yamin-ul-Khilafat.

Ala-ud-din Khalji ceased adding Al-Musta'sim's name, instead adding Yamin-ul-Khilafat Nasir Amiri 'l-Mu'minin.