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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|14th century general of the Delhi Sultanate}}<br />
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'''Malik Dinar''' was a native [[India]]n slave who served as general in [[Khalji dynasty]] of [[Delhi Sultanate]]. He served as subordinate officer [[Malik Kafur]] and was also a ''Shihna-yi pil'' or intendant of elephantry<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&dq=malik+dinar+kafur&pg=PA177 |title= The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History, quoting TFS 388-9<br />
|page= 175<br />
|isbn=0521543290<br />
|author= Peter Jackson<br />
|publisher=Cambridge University Press<br />
|year= 2003 }}</ref> and was sent by Kafur to suppress rebellion in Gujarat. His daughter has been married the third Khalji dynasty sultan, [[Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah]]. he was given the title 'Zafar [[Khan (title)|Khan]]' (literally chief of victory).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&dq=malik+dinar+kafur&pg=PA177 |title= The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History<br />
|page= 177<br />
|isbn=0521543290<br />
|author= Peter Jackson<br />
|publisher=Cambridge University Press<br />
|year= 2003 }}</ref><ref name="Iqtidar Alam Khan">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGSKTttoa3IC&dq=malik+dinar&pg=PA59 |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval India<br />
|page= 59<br />
|isbn=978-0810864016<br />
|author= Iqtidar Alam Khan<br />
|publisher=Scarecrow Press<br />
|year= 2008 }}</ref> The very same title which bestowed to one of greatest Khalji military general who repelled the [[Chagatai Khanate]] Mongol repeated invasions into India, [[Zafar Khan (Delhi Sultanate)|Zafar Khan Malik Hizbaruddin]].<ref name="Satish Chandra Misra">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGSKTttoa3IC&dq=malik+dinar&pg=PA59 |title=The Rise of Muslim Power in Gujarat: A History of Gujarat from 1298 to 1442<br />
|page= 90<br />
|isbn=9780810864016<br />
|author= Satish Chandra Misra<br />
|publisher=Universitas Michigan<br />
|year= 1982 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian generals]]<br />
[[Category:People from the Delhi Sultanate]]<br />
[[Category:Khalji dynasty]]<br />
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[[Category:Military history of India]]</div>ChaseBruns