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{{Short description|General of the Delhi Sultanate}} | |||
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'''Alp Khan''' (died | '''Alp Khan''' (died December 1315<ref name="n301">{{cite web | last=Misra | first=S. C. | title=The Rise of Muslim Power in Gujarat | url=https://ia601902.us.archive.org/15/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.111119/2015.111119.The-Rise-Of-Muslim-Power-In-Gujarat_text.pdf | access-date=2 December 2025 | page=213}}</ref>) was a general and brother-in-law of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] ruler [[Alauddin Khalji]]. He served as Alauddin's governor of [[Gujarat]], and held considerable influence at the royal court of Delhi during the last years of Alauddin's life. He was executed on the charges of conspiring to kill Alauddin, possibly because of a conspiracy by [[Malik Kafur]]. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Alp Khan was originally named Junaid,{{sfn|Iqtidar Alam Khan|2008|p=24}} and was later called [[Malik]] Sanjar. He appears to have come from a family of [[Khalji]] chiefs.{{sfn|Iqtidar Alam Khan|2008|p=24}} According to [[Isami (historian)|Isami]], Alauddin brought him up | Alp Khan was originally named Junaid,{{sfn|Iqtidar Alam Khan|2008|p=24}} and was later called [[Malik]] Sanjar. He appears to have come from a family of [[Khalji]] chiefs.{{sfn|Iqtidar Alam Khan|2008|p=24}} According to [[Isami (historian)|Isami]], Alauddin had brought him up as a child.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=171}} | ||
Upon becoming the Sultan of Delhi in 1296, Alauddin gave him the title Alp Khan ("Powerful [[Khan (title)|Khan]]").{{sfn|Sunil Kumar|2013|p=61}} | Upon becoming the Sultan of Delhi in 1296, Alauddin gave him the title Alp Khan ("Powerful [[Khan (title)|Khan]]").{{sfn|Sunil Kumar|2013|p=61}} Alp Khan's sister (named Mahru, according to the 16th-17th century chronicler Haji-ud-Dabir{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=42}}) married Alauddin: Khizr Khan was the issue of this marriage.{{sfn|Iqtidar Alam Khan|2008|p=24}} | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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== Death == | == Death == | ||
Alp Khan's daughters married Alauddin's sons Khizr Khan and Shadi Khan.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=176}} As the maternal uncle and the father-in-law of the [[heir apparent]] Khizr Khan, Alp Khan held considerable influence at the Delhi court, especially during the last years of Alauddin. In 1315, when Alauddin suffered from a serious illness, | Alp Khan's daughters married Alauddin's sons Khizr Khan and Shadi Khan.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=176}} As the maternal uncle and the father-in-law of the [[heir apparent]] Khizr Khan, Alp Khan held considerable influence at the Delhi court, especially during the last years of Alauddin's life. In 1315, when Alauddin suffered from a serious illness, Alp allegedly vied with Alauddin's slave-viceroy [[Malik Kafur]] for control of power.{{sfn|Iqtidar Alam Khan|2008|p=24}} Kafur convinced Alauddin to sanction the murder of Alp Khan. It was alleged that Alp Khan, his sister and Khizr Khan had conspired to poison Alauddin in order to make Khizr Khan the new king. However, this might have been Kafur's propaganda.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=176}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* {{cite book |author=Banarsi Prasad Saksena |author-link=Banarsi Prasad Saksena |chapter=The Khaljis: Alauddin Khalji |editor=Mohammad Habib and | * {{cite book |author=Banarsi Prasad Saksena |author-link=Banarsi Prasad Saksena |chapter=The Khaljis: Alauddin Khalji |editor=[[Mohammad Habib]] and [[K. A. Nizami]] |title=A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526) |volume=5 |edition=Second |year=1992 |orig-year=1970 |publisher=The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ |oclc=31870180 }} | ||
* {{cite book |author=Iqtidar Alam Khan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGSKTttoa3IC&pg=PR24 |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval India |publisher=Scarecrow |year=2008 |isbn=9780810864016 }} | * {{cite book |author=Iqtidar Alam Khan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGSKTttoa3IC&pg=PR24 |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval India |publisher=Scarecrow |year=2008 |isbn=9780810864016 }} | ||
* {{cite book |author=John Cort |title=Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IF2CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT392 |year=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-045257-5 }} | * {{cite book |author=John Cort |title=Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IF2CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT392 |year=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-045257-5 }} | ||
* {{cite book |author=Kishori Saran Lal |author-link=K. S. Lal |title=History of the Khaljis (1290-1320) |year=1950 |publisher=The Indian Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XXqAQAACAAJ |oclc=685167335 }} | * {{cite book |author=Kishori Saran Lal |author-link=K. S. Lal |title=History of the Khaljis (1290-1320) |year=1950 |publisher=The Indian Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XXqAQAACAAJ |oclc=685167335 }} | ||
* {{cite book |author=Peter Jackson |title=The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&pg=PA221 |year=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54329-3 }} | * {{cite book |author=Peter Jackson|author-link=Peter Jackson (historian)|title=The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&pg=PA221 |year=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54329-3 }} | ||
* {{cite book |author=Sunil Kumar |chapter=The Ignored Elites: Turks, Mongols and a Persian Secretarial Class in the Early Delhi Sultanate |editor=Richard M. Eaton |title=Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC&pg=PA61 |year=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-03428-0 }} | * {{cite book |author=Sunil Kumar |chapter=The Ignored Elites: Turks, Mongols and a Persian Secretarial Class in the Early Delhi Sultanate |editor=[[Richard M. Eaton|Richard Eaton]]|title=Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC&pg=PA61 |year=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-03428-0 }} | ||
{{ref end}} | {{ref end}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:15, 2 December 2025
Alp Khan (died December 1315[1]) was a general and brother-in-law of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. He served as Alauddin's governor of Gujarat, and held considerable influence at the royal court of Delhi during the last years of Alauddin's life. He was executed on the charges of conspiring to kill Alauddin, possibly because of a conspiracy by Malik Kafur.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Alp Khan was originally named Junaid,[2] and was later called Malik Sanjar. He appears to have come from a family of Khalji chiefs.[2] According to Isami, Alauddin had brought him up as a child.[3]
Upon becoming the Sultan of Delhi in 1296, Alauddin gave him the title Alp Khan ("Powerful Khan").[4] Alp Khan's sister (named Mahru, according to the 16th-17th century chronicler Haji-ud-Dabir[5]) married Alauddin: Khizr Khan was the issue of this marriage.[2]
Career[edit | edit source]
Alauddin appointed Alp Khan as Amir-i-Majlis (chief of protocol), and granted him the iqta' of Multan. In c. 1310, Alauddin granted Alp Khan the iqta' of Gujarat.[3] The Jain works praise Alp Khan for allowing reconstruction of the shrines destroyed by the Muslim conquerors.[2] Kakka Suri's Nabhi-nandana-jinoddhara-prabandha records the Shatrunjaya temple renovation permitted by him.[6]
In 1308, Alauddin ordered Alp Khan to support Malik Kafur during the invasion of Devagiri. Alp Khan's forces invaded Baglana, where the Vaghela king Karna had been given a principality by the Devagiri ruler Ramachandra. Alp Khan's soldiers were unable to apprehend Karna, but managed to capture Karna's daughter Devaladevi. Alp Khan sent her to Delhi, where she was married to his nephew Khizr Khan.[7][8]
Death[edit | edit source]
Alp Khan's daughters married Alauddin's sons Khizr Khan and Shadi Khan.[9] As the maternal uncle and the father-in-law of the heir apparent Khizr Khan, Alp Khan held considerable influence at the Delhi court, especially during the last years of Alauddin's life. In 1315, when Alauddin suffered from a serious illness, Alp allegedly vied with Alauddin's slave-viceroy Malik Kafur for control of power.[2] Kafur convinced Alauddin to sanction the murder of Alp Khan. It was alleged that Alp Khan, his sister and Khizr Khan had conspired to poison Alauddin in order to make Khizr Khan the new king. However, this might have been Kafur's propaganda.[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Misra, S. C. "The Rise of Muslim Power in Gujarat" (PDF). p. 213. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Iqtidar Alam Khan 2008, p. 24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Peter Jackson 2003, p. 171.
- ↑ Sunil Kumar 2013, p. 61.
- ↑ Kishori Saran Lal 1950, p. 42.
- ↑ John Cort 2010, pp. 213-214.
- ↑ Kishori Saran Lal 1950, pp. 190-191.
- ↑ Banarsi Prasad Saksena 1992, pp. 402-403.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Peter Jackson 2003, p. 176.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Banarsi Prasad Saksena (1992) [1970]. "The Khaljis: Alauddin Khalji". In Mohammad Habib and K. A. Nizami (ed.). A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526). Vol. 5 (Second ed.). The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. OCLC 31870180.
- Iqtidar Alam Khan (2008). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow. ISBN 9780810864016.
- John Cort (2010). Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-045257-5.
- Kishori Saran Lal (1950). History of the Khaljis (1290-1320). Allahabad: The Indian Press. OCLC 685167335.
- Peter Jackson (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54329-3.
- Sunil Kumar (2013). "The Ignored Elites: Turks, Mongols and a Persian Secretarial Class in the Early Delhi Sultanate". In Richard Eaton (ed.). Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-03428-0.
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