Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khalji
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Ikhtiar Uddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiar Khilji (Persian اختيار الدين محمد بن بختيار الخلجي), also known as Malik Ghazi Ikhtiyaru 'l-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji, was a Khilji, a Muslim Turk, who was head of the armies that conquered much of northeastern India. He originally came from Garamsir in northern Afghanistan.
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- Death: 1206
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[edit] Life and works
Khalji was a person of common birth and had a short physical stature. He had long long arms and a unfavourable contenance. It is evident that in Islamic culture neither high birth nor physical charms are mandatory for attaining power. So he was forst appointed as the Dewan-i-ard at Ghor. But later he lost the job for irregularities in work. Then he approached India in about the year 1193 (589 Hijrah) and tried to enter in the army of Qutb al-Din but failed. Then he went further eastward and took a job under Maklik Hizbar al-Din who was then the commander of the army of Badayun in northern India. After a short period he went to Oudh where Malik Husam al-Din, the governor, recognized him for his worth. Husam gave a landed estate in the south-eastern corner of modern Mirzapur District.
It was a great opportunity for him and he utilized that perfectly. He gathered some brave and adventurous Turks under his banner and soon consolidated his position, bringing under his sway the neighbouring territories. He went on with extendin his authority towards the east by 1202 to 1203.
[edit] Conquest of Nadia
[edit] Lakhnawati principality
[edit] Tibet expedition
[edit] Death
[edit] References
- History of the Muslims of Bengal - Volume 1A: Muslim Rule in Bengal (600-170/1203-1757)
By- Muhammad Mohar Ali, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Department of Culture and Publications.
