Khalji dynasty of Bengal

Khalji dynasty of Bengal খলজী (Bengali) خلجی (Persian)
CE 1204–CE 1231
South-Asia 1230 CE DELHI SULTANATE (MAMLUKS) AHOM LOHARAS SOOMRA EMIRATE MONGOL EMPIRE CHAULUKYAS PARAMARAS CHANDELAS KARNATS KAKATIYAS CHODAS EASTERN GANGAS YADAVAS PANDYAS CHOLAS HOYSALAS CHERAS ◁ ▷ Location of the Khaljis of Bengal and neighbouring South Asian polities, circa 1230 CE.[1]
Capital	Lakhnauti
Common languages	Persian (official) Arabic (religious)
Religion	Sunni Islam
Government	Tribal oligarchy[2]
• 1204–1206	Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji
• 1206–1208	Muhammad Shiran Khalji
• 1208–1210	Iwaz Khalji
• 1210–1212	Ali Mardan Khalji
• 1212–1227	Iwaz Khalji
• 1229–1230	Dawlat Shah
• 1231	Balka Khalji
Historical era	Middle Kingdoms of India
• Established	CE 1204
• Disestablished	CE 1231
Currency	Taka
Preceded by Succeeded by Sena dynasty Ghurid dynasty Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) Bengal Sultanate
Today part of	Bangladesh India

The Khalji dynasty (Bengali: খলজি রাজবংশ, Persian: خاندان خلجی) was the first Muslim dynasty to rule Bengal. The dynasty, which hailed from the Garmsir region of present-day Afghanistan, was founded in 1204 by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji, a Muslim Turko-Afghan^[3][4] general of the Ghurid Empire.^[5][6] The Khaljis initially pledged allegiance to Sultan Muhammad of Ghor until his death in 1206, though their rule in Bengal was mostly independent. Under the rule of Iwaz Khalji, Bengal experienced major developments such as its first naval force, flood defence systems and linkage with the Grand Trunk Road. The dynasty was based in the city of Lakhnauti in northern Bengal, later expanding eastwards and southwards. Nasiruddin Mahmud, the son of Mamluk sultan Iltutmish of Delhi managed to conquer Bengal in 1227; although the Khaljis briefly reasserted their independence, they surrendered to the Mamluks in 1231, who replaced them with a series of regional governors.