Ala-ud-din took over the throne of India in 1296. In the beginning, he had to face many challenges. A few revolts occurred during the early period of his reign. Although, all these successfully subdued him to find out the root cause of these revolts. After consulting his nobles, he reached the following conclusions:

1. Inefficiency of the spy-system.

2. During parties among the nobles brought them close to one another and it provided the basic for conspiracies against the king.

3. Social intercourse and inter-marriage among nobles made them a complete dangerous for king.

4. Excess of wealth gave people power and leisure for evil thoughts and rebellions.


In order to deal with all above irregularities, Ala-ud-Din passed following ordinances:


1. All grants and pensions were revoked and all the lands held by people as gifts, pensions and endowments from the state were confiscated.

2. The spy-system was organized afresh. According to Lanepool, “This system was stricter than the Russian system”.

3. Sale and use of wine was prohibited and other intoxicating drugs were dealt with similarly at Delhi. In this respect, Ala-ud-Din set himself example. Severe punishments were imposed on breaching the orders.

4. He decided to impose a strict discipline upon himself.

5. He also began to supervise the working of the government personally.

6. Social meetings and intermarriage among the nobles were also banned except the consent of the Sultan.

Such measures of Sultan succeeded in fulfilling his objective. This made convivial parties lifeless and no revolt occurred during his reign until he became weak physically and mentally.


CAUSES OF MAKING REFORMS

1. To increase the income of the state and in order to maintain a large and well-acquired army and to put down designs of the Mongols.

2. According to U. N. Dey, one reason was to break the power of revenue collectors.

Alauddin Khilji

The second ruler of the Khilji dynasty in India was Alauddin Khilji. He was the nephew as well as the son-in-law of Jalal-ud-Din Khilji. During the reign of Jalal-ud-Din Khilji, Alauddin Khilji was appointed the Governor of Awadh and Kara. However, he wanted to consolidate his position by becoming the ruler of the Khilji dynasty. Due to his ambitious nature, he killed Jalal-ud-Din Khilji, marched to Delhi and proclaimed himself as the king. His life history is presented in the form of this biography of Alauddin Khalji.

Alauddin Khilji is known for his war tactics when the Mongols attacked Delhi. The constant attack by the Mongols in India caused much panic and anxiety to the government under Alauddin Khilji. The Mongols attacked almost a dozen times during the reign of Alauddin Khilji. Every time, some division of Alauddin's army defeated them. However, in 1299, the Mongols came to Delhi not rob, but to establish themselves. This time, Alauddin went with a huge army and defeated the Mongols badly. When they attacked again in 1307, Alauddin taught them a tough lesson. The Mongols were so terrified after this experience that they never dared to step in India.

Alauddin then led an expedition towards the south of India. He was said to be the first Muslim king who went to the south to expand his territory. He made a slave named Malik Kafur the army chief. Kafur proved to be a brave army chief and plundered many kingdoms in the south of India. He brought back many riches like gold, silver, gems, etc. and impressed Alauddin. The constant successes in the battles made Malik Kafur very powerful. At one point of time, Alauddin was reduced to a puppet dancing to his tunes. Finally, Malik Kafur is said to have poisoned Alauddin Khilji and murdered him.

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dont know if it helps or not, but a little reform i know of this king. Read this link plz....

http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoP...&Date=20101104

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