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Historical Periods & Dynasties
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- Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji — Person · r. 1288 – 1296 (Bosworth: 1290 – 1296) · Khilji DynastyFounded the Khalji dynasty by having the reigning sultan Kaiqubad assassinated and proclaiming himself king in Delhi at the age of seventy; murdered in 1296 at Kurra by men of his own nephew Alauddin.
- Alauddin Khalji — Person · r. 1296 – 1316 · Khilji DynastySeized the throne in 1296 after his men murdered his uncle Jalaluddin at Kurra and a boy-king briefly installed by the dowager queen fled to Multan; died in 1316 amid suspicion of poisoning by his regent Malik Kafur.
- Shihabuddin Umar — Person · r. 1316 (three months) · Khilji DynastyPlaced on the throne at about six years old in 1316 under a forged will naming him heir and Malik Kafur regent; deposed the same year by his elder brother Mubarak, who had him blinded and imprisoned for life.
- Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah — Person · r. 1317 – 1321 · Khilji DynastyDeposed his younger brother Umar and blinded him to take the throne in 1317, after ruling two months as his regent; murdered in his palace in 1321 by his own favourite, Khusrau Khan.
- Khusrau Khan — Person · r. 1321 (five months) · Khilji DynastyA commander raised from low origin by Mubarak Shah, he murdered his king in a palace conspiracy in 1321 and had himself proclaimed sultan; overthrown and killed the same year by Ghazi Malik, founder of the Tughluq dynasty.
- Delhi Sultanate — the Khaljis — Dynasty · 1290 – 1320 · Khilji DynastyFrom Firuz Shah II Khalji's accession, 689/1290, to Khusraw Khan Barwari's usurpation, 720/1320, per Bosworth's table.
- Shihab-ud-din Mas'ud — Person · named on the page as father of Alauddin Khalji · Khilji DynastyAlauddin was Jalaluddin's nephew (brother's son), not his own child; his father Shahab-ud-din Mas'ud never reigned.