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Why is the reign of the Khaljis known as the ‘Khalji Revolution’?

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  • The Fourteenth Century

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The transfer of power from the Ilbari (Mamluk) line to Jalaluddin Khalji in 1290 has been read by historians, most influentially Mohammad Habib, as something more consequential than a change of ruling house — a rupture in who could rule, how they ruled, and over how much territory they ruled. The label "revolution" is contested,…

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  • Breaking the Turkish Racial Monopoly
  • Sociological Broadening of the Ruling Class
  • Fiscal-Military Centralization: A Break from Balban's Iqta Order
  • Territorial Expansion and the Reshaping of the Sultanate's Geography
  • Historiographical Pushback: Continuity Rather Than Rupture
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