sided with any claimants to the throne and either helped in the choice of the Sultan or contributed to the de-stabilization of the regime. The nobles were organized into several factions and were constantly engaged in conspiracies. Balban therefore abolished the Corps of Forty and thereby put an end to the domination of “Turkish nobles”. Alauddin Khalji also took stern measures against the “Turkish nobles” by employing spies to report to him directly on their clandestine and perfidious activities.
XI History - Lesson - - Advent of Arabs and Turks Ala-ud-din’s Successors Ala-ud-din nominated his eldest son Khizr Khan, as his successor. However, Ala-ud-din’s confi dant at that time was Malik Kafur. So Malik Kafur himself assumed the authority of the government. But Kafur’s rule lasted only thirty- fi ve days as he was assassinated by hostile nobles.
Th ereaft er there were a series of murders which culminated in Ghazi Malik, a veteran of several campaigns against the Mongols, ascending the throne of Delhi in as Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq. He murdered the incumbent Khalji ruler Khusrau and thereby prevented anyone from Khalji dynasty claiming the throne. Th us began the rule of the Tughlaq Dynasty, which lasted until . Ala-ud-din’s Tomb (New Delhi)