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Jalal-ud-din Khalji

1220 - 1296

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Jalal-ud-Din Khalji, also known as Firuz al-Din Khalji or Jalaluddin Khilji (Persian: جلال‌الدین خلجی; c. 1220 – 19 July 1296, r. 1290–1296) was the founder and first Sultan of the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1290 to 1320. Originally named Firuz, Jalal-ud-Din started his career as an officer of the Mamluk dynasty, and rose to an important position under Sultan Muizzuddin Qaiqabad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jalal-ud-din Khalji has received more than 587,806 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jalal-ud-din Khalji is the 7,864th most popular politician (up from 8,910th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 59th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 7,864 out of 15,577Before him are August Hermann Francke, Evgeny Pashukanis, Boris Stürmer, False Dmitry III, Ronald Lauder, and Beatrice of Lorraine. After him are Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria, Artabanus of Persia, Manuel Kantakouzenos, Conon de Béthune, Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, and John VII of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 13Before him are Stefan Uroš I, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Traidenis, Emperor Go-Saga, and Enzo of Sardinia. After him are Rabban Bar Sauma, Joan, Countess of Toulouse, Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia, and George Mouzalon. Among people deceased in 1296, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 3Before him are Pope Celestine V and Przemysł II. After him are Floris V, Count of Holland, Louis III, Duke of Bavaria, Konrad von Feuchtwangen, Edmund Crouchback, and Campanus of Novara.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 67 out of 145Before him are Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Diodotus II (-252), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ibn Hibban (883), Saman Khuda (701), and Eucratides I (-170). After him are Kujula Kadphises (20), Baysunghur (1397), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ahmad Zahir (1946), and Mirwais Hotak (1673).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 50Before him are Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Diodotus II (-252), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Saman Khuda (701), and Eucratides I (-170). After him are Kujula Kadphises (20), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), and Wazir Akbar Khan (1816).