Malik Kafur (fl. 1296 - 1316), an Indian, became a general in the army of Alauddin Khilji, ruler of the Delhi sultanate from 1296 to 1316. He was originally seized by Alauddin’s army after the army conquered the city of Khambhat. The story goes that Alauddin Khilji took Malik Kafur to his court in Delhi. In Delhi after conversion to Islam, Malik Kafur was made the head of invading armies to the south. Floruit (or fl. ... March 30 - Edward I stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. ... Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Delhi Sultanate (دلی سلطنت), or Sulthanath-e-Hind (سلطنتِ ہند) / Sulthanath-e-Dilli (سلطنتِ دلی) refers to the various Muslim dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Khambhat, formerly known as Cambay, is a town in Gujarat state, India. ... , Delhi ( , Hindi: , Punjabi: , Urdu: ) sometimes referred to as Dilli, is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Kafur rose quickly in the army. In 1294 he led the sultan’s army against the capital city of the Yadava kingdom, Devagiri. He led further invasions southward into the Kakatiya dynasty and eventually into the Pandyan Kingdom in far southern India, winning immense riches for the sultanate. Kafur’s invasion of Pandya was the farthest south that any Muslim invasion would ever reach in India. For broader historical context, see 1290s and 13th century. ... The Yadava Dynasty ruled a kingdom in what is now Maharashtra, India from the 12th century to the 14th century. ... Daulatabad (from Persian دولت‌آباد meaning Built by the Government), also called Deogiri or Devagiri, is a hill-fortress in Maharashtra state, India, in about 40 miles northwest of the city of Aurangabad in Aurangabad district. ... The Kakatiya dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that ruled parts of what is now Andhra Pradesh, India from 1083 to 1323. ... The Pandyan kingdom பாண்டியர் was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown antiquity. ... The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient state at the tip of South India, founded around the 6th century BCE. It was part of the Dravidian cultural area, which also comprised other kingdoms such as that of the Pallava, the Chera, the Chola, the Chalukya and the Vijayanagara. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...

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• Khilji followed The Slave Dynasty
• The Khilji Dynasty: Ala-ud-Din Khilji