Sunday 22 April 2018

Alauddin Khalji - The Smart, Strong, Able and Brilliant administrator

Alauddin Khalji (1296- 1316) was a very smart, strong and able administrator who translate his thoughts into actions and meet his ambitious targets in very less amount of time.

He ruled Delhi Sultanate for 20 years. He was most powerful ruler ruled the Delhi Sultanate. He was the second ruler of the Khalji dynasty. He was the first Muslim ruler who established his empire in South India. He was very ambitious person who wanted to mark his name in History.



Alauddin Khilji saved India from a fate much worse than even his own oppressive rule that of the murderous Mongols, who tried to invade the Indian subcontinent six times during his reign as the sultan of Delhi, and failed miserably. Alauddin Khilji, for all his faults, actually saved the culture of the Indian subcontinent of that time which included Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, and Jain subcultures from enormous destruction of Mongols.

So we should thanks to his brilliance as a general, the quality, discipline, and bravery of his army and its commanders, and their superior military tactics.

Khilji is known for ground breaking reforms like Military reforms, His expansionary policy, Market control policy, turn coat policy & culture development. He made cultural contribution to India like Lai Minar, Jammat Khana Mosque, Siri Fort, Ala-e-darwaza.He had outstanding Military & stable Economy due to that during this era no single famine came in his empire.

In his Exapansion policy he made some attacks to expand his empire.
1299: Attack on Gujarat
1301: Attack on Ranthambore Fort
1303: Attack on Chittore Fort   (till date no mention of Padmavati in History)

Movie Padmaavat which is based on Novel "Padmavati " written in 1540 by Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477- 1542) after 224 year of the death of Alauddin Khilji (1250-1316) and he was added so many imaginary thoughts to make it more fabulous. So all the things which is shown in Padmaavat Movie is not factual and it is false/misguided information. Also many modern historians including Gauri Shankar Ojha,a prominent Rajasthani historian,rejected this theory.

Actually, in 1303 Alauddin had attacked on Chittore fort to conquer the fort not for Rani Padmavati . During this time he heard about the beuti of Rani Padmavati, so after defeated Raja Ratan Singh he asked to see Rani Padmavati and he had just seen her in the Mirror. (this data is given many historicans).

This suggest that, Historical validity of any source written after almost 224 year of incident should not allow to believe on its purity.