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Mahmud Khalji | |||||||||
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Sultan | |||||||||
4th Sultan of Malwa | |||||||||
Reign | 1436–1469 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Taj-ud-Din Muhammad Shah | ||||||||
Successor | Ghiyas-ud-Din Shah | ||||||||
Died | 1469 Malwa Sultanate | ||||||||
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Dynasty | Khilji dynasty |
Mahmud Khalji (1436–1469), also known as Mahmud Khilji and Ala-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I, was the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.[1] Khilji came into power after assassinating Mohammad, the son of the previous ruler, Hoshang Shah, in 1435. He mounted an unsuccessful campaign against the Delhi Sultanate, however it was under his reign that the Malwa Sultanate reached its greatest height.[2]