| Office | Governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti)
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|---|---|
| Predecessor | Iwaz Khalji |
| Successor | Iwaz Khalji
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| Died | 1212
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ʿAlā ad-Dīn ʿAlī bin Mardān Khaljī (Template:Lang-bn, Template:Lang-fa) was a 13th-century governor of Bengal.
Early life
He was member of the Khalaj tribe,[1][2][3][4] a tribe of Turkic origin that after migration from Turkistan had later settled in Afghanistan for over 200 years before entering South Asia.[5][6][7]
Career
Ali Mardan Khalji returned to Bengal in 1210 and replaced Iwaz Khalji as the region's governor. However, he only ruled for two years as his cruelty and brutality produced disgust among the courtiers. Some of his actions included banishing popular nobles from Bengal who he did not get along with. The Khalji nobles plotted against him and he was assassinated by them in 1212, and Iwaz Khalji was restored as Bengal's governor.[8]
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See also
References
- ↑ Tabaḳāt-i-nāsiri: a general history of the Muhammadan dynastics of Asia, including Hindustān, from A.H. 194 (810 A.D.) to A.H. 658 (1260 A.D.) and the irruption of the infidel Mughals into Islām{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (printed by Gilbert & Rivington)(1881)
- ↑ the Khiljī tribe had long been settled in what is now Afghanistan ... Khalji Dynasty. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 August 2010.
- ↑ Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) - Part One{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Har-Anand(2004). ISBN 978-81-241-1064-5
- ↑ The History of Bengal{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Academica Asiatica(1973)
- ↑ The History of India, 1000 A.D.-1707 A.D.{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Shiva Lal Agarwala(1966)
- ↑ The Age of Wrath: A History of the Delhi Sultanate{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Penguin Books(2015). ISBN 978-93-5118-658-8
- ↑ History of medieval India: from 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D.{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Atlantic(2002). ISBN 81-269-0123-3
- ↑ Khilji Malik