Aladdin Khiliji Analysis

Padmavati controversy (Aladdin Khiliji: A Valiant King or Villain)

A human brain remembers in images and movies as the strongest way of creating memories. Thanks to Bollywood director “Bansali” Who portrayed a 13th-century Muslim king of Delhi Sultanate, as a bloodthirsty monster, who plundered the Hindu kingdom of Chittor for his insatiable carnal desire for the Padmavati, fabled for her unmatched beauty. The movie was earlier slated for release in December 2017 but got stuck after “Karni Sena,” claimed it distorted historical facts. Later, the movie released last month I, e January 2018. The main controversy

The portrayal fits into the current pattern of the demonization of Muslims. It complements the existing anti-Muslim and Islamophobia public mood and the political narrative that it engenders to enhance the electoral constituency of Hindu extremists. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, professor Aditya Mukherjee of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) describes the movie’s depiction as a ‘’manufacturing of hurt sentiments… With an eye of politics. The depiction of Alauddin khiliji, the 2nd most powerful king of the Delhi Sultanate, is

Mongol invasion: At a time when most of the medieval world laid waste by the brutality of the Mongol armies, khilji kept India and its culture and civilization safe. India should be grateful to the sultan for thwarting the Mongol invasions. Because the Mongols did not just invade and conquer; they exterminated civilizations. To give just an idea, during Genghis invasion of the Persian empire, the number of people put to death in some of the cities overcome by the Mongols in 1222 CE: Urgench—1Million, Mery—700,000, Nishapur— 1.7 Million, Rey—500,000 and Heart— 1.6 Million. That’s nearly 6 million people just from these cities, at the time when the world population was estimated at 400 million. In other words, the Mongols is said to have killed 1.5 percent of the world’s population in a single campaign. Administrative changes: Unlike the previous rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, who had largely relied on the pre-existing administrative set-up, Alauddin undertook large-scale reforms. According to historian Satish Chandra, Alauddin’s reforms were based on his conception of fear and control as the basis of good government as well as his military ambitions: the bulk of the measures was designed to centralize power in his hands and to support a large military. Some of Alauddin’s land reforms were continued by his successors and formed a basis of the agrarian reforms introduced by the later rulers such as Sher Shah Suri and