From now on, the land tax kharaj or mal became the principal form in which the peasant's surplus was expropriated by the ruling class. Alauddin maintained a large standing army, which included , horseman according to the 16th-century chronicler Firishta. He managed to raise such a large army by paying relatively low salaries to his Soldiers, and introduced market price controls to ensure that the low salaries were acceptable to his Soldiers.
Although he was opposed to grant lands to his generals and Soldiers, he generously rewarded them after successful campaigns, especially those in Deccan.
Although Islam bans alcoholic drinks, drinking was Common among the Muslim royals and nobles of the Delhi Sultanate in the 13th century, and Alauddin himself was a heavy drinker. As part of his measures to prevent rebellions, Alauddin imposed prohibition, because he believed that the rampant use of alcoholic drinks enabled people to assemble, lose their senses and think of rebellion.
According to Isami, Alauddin banned alcohol, after a noble condemned him for merrymaking when his subjects were suffering from a famine. However, this account appears to be hearsay. At times, he exploited Muslim fanaticism against Hindu chiefs and the treatment of the zimmis. Persian Historian Wassaf states that he sent an expedition against Gujarat as a holy war and it was not motivated by "lust of conquest". It was quite a rebellious move by him; so, the Sultan Jalaluddin himself went to enquire Alauddin, who killed the Sultan by backstabbing him.
This automatically made him the next Sultan of Delhi. During his conquers, his military commander and counsellor, Malik Kafur, proved to be a great help. Malik Kafur was a slave captured during the Gujarat raid. Alauddin Khilji was a passionate ruler and liked to be called the Second Alexender by his people.
He even inscribed the title Sikander-i-Sani on the coins. Alauddin Khilji had become very insecure about his position during the last years of his life. Allegedly, he only trusted Kafur Malik whom he appointed as the Viceroy and had acquired most of the administrative powers. Alauddin Khilji suffered severe illness and followed all the pieces of advice of Malik Kafur including abolishing the Office of Wazir, removing most of the experienced officers from his department, killing his brother-in-law-Alp Khan.
Alauddin Khilji was the most powerful ruler of the Khilji Empire at that time. Contemporary revolutionaries did not write much about Alauddin's childhood.
Assuming this to be correct, Alauddin's birth date may be His original name was Ali Gurshasp. He was the eldest son of Shihabuddin Masood, the elder brother of Sultan Jalaluddin, the founder of the Khilji dynasty. Alauddin Khilji, suffering from ascites, spent his last time in extreme difficulties and died on 2 January AD. It is also said that Alauddin Khilji had a skin disease leprosy at the last moment due to which he began to suffer a lot, in the end his loyal Malik Kafur had liberated him at Alauddin's behest, Alauddin's tomb.
The Qutub is located in the premises of the tower. To dethrone Jalaluddin was not an easy task as it would require a lot of money to raise a large army and stage a successful coup.
To finance his plan, Alauddin raided neighbouring Hindu kingdoms. In , Alauddin raided Bhilsa a wealthy town in the Paramara kingdom of Malwa. A pleased Jalaluddin appointed him Ariz-i Mamalik Minister of War and also gave him other privileges like raising more revenue for strengthening the army.
He raided Devagiri in and looted a huge amount of wealth, including jewels, precious metals, silk products, horses, elephants, and slaves. This time too, Jalaluddin was expecting Alauddin to surrender him the loots. However, instead of returning to Delhi, Alauddin went to Kara with the loots. After raiding Devagiri in , Alauddin went to Kara with the loots and wrote an apology letter to Jalaluddin for not returning to Delhi with the loots and asked Jalaluddin to pardon him.
Jalaluddin decided to visit Kara to meet Alauddin personally. While en route to Kara, Jalaluddin decided to cross the Ganges river with a smaller body of around 1, soldiers.
On 20 July , when Jalaluddin met Alauddin at the banks of Ganges river in Kara, Alauddin embraced Jalaluddin and stabbed him in the back and declared himself the new king. He ordered his officers to recruit as many soldiers as possible and to portray as a generous monarch; he distributed 5 Manns about 35 kg of gold among a crown in Kara.
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