| Office | Governor of Northwest Bengal
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| Born | Template:Circa
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| Died | Template:Circa
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| Children | Malik Balkha Khalji
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ʿAlī Sher bin ʿIwaz Khaljī (Template:Langx, Template:Langx; fl. 1221) was a former governor of northwest Bengal (Birbhum) serving under his father,[1] Sultan Iwaz Shah of the Khalji dynasty of Bengal.[2] His name finds mention in the earliest known stone inscription mentioning a Muslim ruler of Bengal.[3]
Biography
Khalji's grandfather Husayn Khalji was an inhabitant of Garmsir. The family belonged to the Sunni Muslim Khalaj tribe,[4][5][6] a tribe of Turkic origin that after migration from Turkestan had later settled in Afghanistan for over 200 years.[7][8][9] Khalji was the son and heir of Iwaz Khalji, a deputy of Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji who participated in the Muslim conquest of Lakhnauti in Bengal. His father served as Bengal's governor twice under the Delhi Sultanate and also independently ruled as a Sultan.[10]
Khalji was appointed by his father to be the governor of northwestern Bengal,[11] a territory which spanned Birbhum and neighbouring areas.[12] In his governorship, a khanqah was endowed by Ibn Muhammad of Maragheh in 7 Jumada al-Akhir 618 AH (August 1221) in Sian, Suri Sadar.[13] This khanqah now holds the mazar (mausoleum) of Muslim preacher Makhdum Shah.[14] Indian epigraphist Z. A. Desai is of the opinion that Khalji was not merely a governor, but actually a Sultan who was ruling after his father's death. However, most historians reject this unconventional assumption.[15][16]
Sukhamay Mukherjee equates Ali Sher Khalji with Muizuddin, a name found in another inscription during Iwaz Khalji's reign that refers to him as his son.[17]
See also
References
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- ↑ History of medieval India: from 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D.{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Atlantic(2002). ISBN 81-269-0123-3
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- ↑ Politics and Culture: Essays in Honour of Serajul Islam Choudhury{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Dhaka(2002)
- ↑ Epigraphy and Islamic Culture: Inscriptions of the Early Muslim Rulers of Bengal (1205-1494){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Taylor & Francis(2015). ISBN 9781317587460
- ↑ Contemporary Relevance of Sufism{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Indian Council for Cultural Relations(1992). ISBN 9788185434056
- ↑ Template:Cite Banglapedia
- ↑ মুসলিম-বাংলার ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্য{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
- ↑ মুদ্রায় ও শিলালিপিতে মধ্যযুগের বাংলার সমাজ সংস্কৃতি, 1200-1538 খ্রি{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bangla Academy(1999). ISBN 9789840738489
- ↑ বাংলায় মুসলিম অধিকারের আদি পর্ব, 1204-1338 খ্রীঃ{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sāhityaloka(1988)