Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji

The death of Delhi Sultanate leader Balban in 1287 had created a fierce struggle for power between the Afghans and the newer Turkish nobility, during which the princes of several Hindu states, notably the large kingdoms of Gujarat and Malwa, have ceased tribute payments to Delhi.

Qaiqabad, the ninth and last of ruler of the Delhi Sultanate’s so-called Slave dynasty, is assassinated in 1290 and his throne usurped by the Khaljis, who establish a new dynasty.