Zafar Khan Malik Dinar

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Malik Dinar was a native Indian 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^[1] and was sent by Kafur to suppress rebellion in Gujarat. His daughter has been married the third Khalji dynasty sultan, Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah. he was given the title 'Zafar Khan'(literally chief of victory).^[2]^[3] The very same title which bestowed to one of greatest Khalji military general who repelled the Chagatai Khanate repeated invasions into India, Zafar Khan Malik Hizbaruddin.^[4]

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↑ Peter Jackson (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History, quoting TFS 388-9. Cambridge University Press. p. 175. ISBN 0521543290.
↑ Peter Jackson (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 0521543290.
↑ Iqtidar Alam Khan (2008). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0810864016.
↑ Satish Chandra Misra (1982). The Rise of Muslim Power in Gujarat: A History of Gujarat from 1298 to 1442. Universitas Michigan. p. 90. ISBN 9780810864016.

[1] Peter Jackson (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History, quoting TFS 388-9. Cambridge University Press. p. 175. ISBN 0521543290.

[2] Peter Jackson (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 0521543290.

[Iqtidar_Alam_Khan-3] Iqtidar Alam Khan (2008). Historical Dictionary of Medieval India. Scarecrow Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0810864016.

[Satish_Chandra_Misra-4] Satish Chandra Misra (1982). The Rise of Muslim Power in Gujarat: A History of Gujarat from 1298 to 1442. Universitas Michigan. p. 90. ISBN 9780810864016.

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