Khalji dynasty

This article is about the Khalji dynasty centered in Delhi between 1290 and 1320. For the Khalji dynasty in Bengal between 1204 and 1227, see Khalji dynasty of Bengal. For the Khilji dynasty which ruled the Malwa Sultanate between 1436 and 1531, see Malwa Sultanate § Khalji dynasty.
"Khalji" redirects here. For the Pashtun tribe, see Ghalji.

Khalji
خلجي
1290–1320
Flag of the Delhi Sultanate according to the contemporary Catalan Atlas (c. 1375).
Territory controlled by the Khaljis circa 1320.
CapitalDelhi
Kilokhri (Delhi suburb)
Common languagesHindavi (lingua franca)
Persian (official)
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentSultanate
Sultan 
• 1290–1296
Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji (first)
• 1296–1316
Alauddin Khalji (second)
• 1316
Shihab-ud-din Omar (third)
• 1316–1320
Qutb ad-Din Mubarak (fourth & last)
History 
13 June 1290
• Disestablished
1 May 1320
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Mamluk dynasty of Delhi
Vaghela dynasty
Seuna (Yadava) dynasty
Tughlaq dynasty
Today part ofIndia
Pakistan

The Khalji or Khilji dynasty was a Turco-Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate for three decades between 1290 and 1320. It was the second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate which covered large swaths of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji.


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