Why was the court khilji's was multi-ethnical background of persian, indian, arab and turkish origin?
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Origin of the Ghilzai Khilji Hotak dynasty
The Encyclopedia Britannica states that "this dynasty, like the previous Slave dynasty, was of Turkish origin, though the Khaljī tribe had long been settled in Afghanistan".
"The sultans of the Slave Dynasty were Turkic central Asians, but the members of the new dynasty, although they were also Turkic, had settled in Afghanistan and brought a new set of customs and culture to Delhi".
"The Khilji dynasty was named after a village in Afghanistan. Bharani and Wolse Haig have mentioned in their accounts that the rulers from this dynasty who came to India had temporarily settled in Afghanistan, but were originally Turks".
"The Khiljis Ghilzai were a Turkish tribe but having been long domiciled in Afghanistan, and adopted some Afghan habits and customs. They were treated as Afghans in Delhi Court".
The three sultans of the Khalji dynasty were noted for their faithlessness, their ferocity, and their penetration from Afghanistan into what is now India. Although the rulers were members of Turk origin, the court was of multi-ethnical background, filled with ministers, vezirs, poets, writers, teachers etc. of Turkic, Indian, Persian, and Arab background. The term Khilji was their self-designation, (see also Ibn Batuta's and Ibn Khaldun's excessive quantity) meaning in Turkic languages "swordsman" or in Ottoman-Turkish "long arm" or "long fingers" and in Pashto language "thief".
Originated from upper Central Asia, they came in contact with the multi-ethnic population of Khorasan and thus with the native ruling class, the Ghaznavids and later Ghurids, who islamized them and taught them their culture, language and civilization. During the Ghaznavid period, the Khiljis were ruled for a short time by the Seljuqs, who expanded their Khorasanian empire until they were driven out by the alliance of Ghurids. Under the Ghurids, the Khiljis had still the slave-statue as before under the Ghaznavids and played a role in Ghurid's slave army, Bardagân-e Nezâmi, also called Ghilman.
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The court of Khilji had a multi-ethnic background.
Explanation:
- He belonged to the slave dynasty,which worked under various rulers and bring nomads at the origins they had coupled with various other tribes having dissimilarities at many levels.
- They came in contact with the multi ethnic population of Khorasan followed by inter-mixing of the former's culture and customs into theirs.
- Also Khilji was been a competitive ruler enforcing him to bring the best from across the globe into his court so that he could get the best out of every thing at any cost,therefore his court was coupled with artisans,poets,writers,etc from Persia,Arab,Turkey.
- Though they were Turkic settled well in Afghanistan,brought different cultures,customs and traditions into the Indian territory as they came here.
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