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Some Lesser Known Facts About Alauddin Khalji According to the 16th-17th century chronicler Haji-ud-Dabir, Alauddin was born as Ali Gurshasp in Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Alauddin was the eldest of the four sons of his father Shihabuddin Mas’ud (who was the elder brother of the Khalji Dynasty’s founder Sultan Jalaluddin). After his father’s death, Alauddin was brought up by