Bakhtiyar Khalji

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Bakhtiyar Khalji, also known as Malik Ghazi Ikhtiyaru 'l-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji, was a Khilji, a Muslim Turk, who was head of the armies that conquered much of northeastern India. He is infamous as the commander of the troops that destroyed the famous Buddhist university at Nalanda (in modern Bihar State) in the year 1193 CE.



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