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How Did an Enslaved Man Lead the Delhi Sultanate's Armies? - Malik Kafur and the Delhi Sultanate's Raids into the Deccan | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 1307, an enslaved man captured in battle eight years earlier led thousands of cavalry south from Delhi toward kingdoms no northern sultan had ever reached. His name was Malik Kafur, and the campaigns he commanded into the Deccan would reshape how we understand what premodern empires could actually do. This episode examines his expeditions against the Yadava, Kakatiya, Hoysala, and Pandya kingdoms, asking what these operations genuinely achieved versus what later maps often claim.
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