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ALAUDDIN

Mubarak Shah, also called Mubarak Khan, was a son of Alauddin Khalji. After Alauddin died on 4 January 1316, his slave-general Malik Kafur appointed Alauddin’s 6- year-old son Shihabuddin as a puppet monarch, and himself held the power as regent.
After Kafur’s murder, the nobles offered the post of regent (naib-i mulk) to Mubarak Shah. he had Shihabuddin imprisoned in Gwalior and blinded, and usurped the throne.

Mubarak Shah ascended the throne with the title Qutubuddin on 14 April 1316, when he was 17 or 18 years old.
He assumed the title Khalifatullah (“Representative of God”), which appears on his coins.
lauddin had ordered imprisonment of around 17,000- 18,000 officers for a variety of reasons, including corruption and political offences

Mubarak Shah Mubarak Shah abolished severe fines and taxes, and prohibited the revenue ministry from using harsh measures such as flogging and imprisonment to recover taxes revived the petition system.
He also revoked Alauddin’s price control measures, leading to increased inflation. The price of beautiful slave girls, eunuchs and young boys rose to 500 tankas, and sometimes, as high as 2,000 tankas.Besides inflation, the high demand was also a factor in this price increase: the new Sultan was fond of sensual pleasures

There was disobedience in Gujarat. The pioneer of Devagiri got the chance to be self-governing. Ain-ulMulk Multani was sent to Gujarat and he was productive in putting down the insubordination and Zafar Khan was named its Governor.
In 1317, Mubarak Shah himself went to Devagiri to conquer it. Harapala Deva, the pioneer of Devagiri, fled from his capital.

Mubarak Shah was bisexual. His harem had a large number of women, many of which accompanied him on his campaigns.
He had sexual relations with two uterine brothers, Hasan (later Khusrau Khan) and Husamuddin (or Hisamuddin).
Qutb-ud-din was murdered by Khusro Khan in 1320, which ended the Khalji dynasty.