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Khizr Khan was Governor of Multan under the Tughlaq ruler, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, and was known to be an able administrator. He did not take up any royal title due to fear of invasion by Amir Timur (better known historically as Tamerlane ) and contended himself with the titles of Rayat-i-Ala (Sublime Banners) and Masnad-i-Aali or (Most High Post).
Khizr Khan was born in 1950, the eldest of ten children, to poultry farming parents in Gujranwala, a city in Pakistan's Punjab Province. [1] [2] Ghazala is also from Punjab, born in 1951 in Faisalabad.
The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, with four rulers ruling from 1414 to 1451 for 37 years. [4] The first ruler of the dynasty, Khizr Khan, who was the Timurid vassal of Multan, conquered Delhi in 1414, while the rulers proclaimed themselves the Sultans of the Delhi Sultanate under Mubarak Shah, [5] [6] which succeeded the Tughlaq dynasty and ruled the Sultanate ...
Khizr Khan remained there for a period of ten years after which he was forced to move to Ajmer and Maldev Songara, belonging to the Songara Chahuhan Dynasty was given the vassalage of Mewar. At the same time another branch of Guhilas known as Sisodias started to take the keypoints of Mewar under their new leader Maharana Hammir .
Eight years later, Khizr Khan was executed by his brother Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah (reigned 1316–1320), and Deval was taken into the latter's harem. In 1320, Mubarak in turn was stabbed and beheaded by his supposed favourite, Khusro Khan (the last ruler of the Khalji dynasty), and his followers. Deval was then married to Khusro Khan.
Khizr Khan: unknown: 20 May 1421 28 May 1414 20 May 1421 26 Mubarak Shah: unknown: 19 February 1434 21 May 1421 19 February 1434 Son of Khizr Khan 27 Muhammad Shah (Muhammad IV) unknown: 1 January 1445 February 1434 1 January 1445 Grandson of Khizr Khan 28 Alam Shah: unknown: July 1478 1 January 1445 19 April 1451 Son of Muhammad Shah
Alauddin assigned Chittor to his son Khizr Khan (or Khidr Khan), who was 7 or 8 years old. The Chittor fort was renamed "Khizrabad" after the prince. [15] Khizr Khan was given a gold-embroidered robe and a red canopy, which was usually bestowed upon an heir apparent.
The Sayyid dynasty was founded by Khizr Khan and it ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1415 to 1451. [46] Members of the dynasty derived their title, Sayyid , or the descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad , based on the claim that they belonged to his lineage through his daughter Fatima . [ 146 ]