Khalji dynasty
Khalji خلجي | |||||||||||||
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| 1290–1320 | |||||||||||||
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Flag of the Delhi Sultanate according to the contemporary Catalan Atlas (c. 1375). | |||||||||||||
Territory controlled by the Khaljis circa 1320. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Delhi Kilokhri (Delhi suburb) | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Hindavi (lingua franca) Persian (official) | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
| Government | Sultanate | ||||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||||
• 1290–1296 | Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji | ||||||||||||
• 1296–1316 | Alauddin Khalji | ||||||||||||
• 1316 | Shihab ad-Din Umar | ||||||||||||
• 1316–1320 | Qutb ad-Din Mubarak | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 13 June 1290 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 May 1320 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India Pakistan | ||||||||||||
The Khalji or Khilji dynasty was a Turco-Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate for three decades between 1290 and 1320. It was the second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate which covered large swaths of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji.