[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1950) › c19.9 # History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c19.9 History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c19.9 - **Language:** English ### [c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1950.c19.9) Such a man needs must be free from all sentiments of conjugal love. His life story clearly bears out the fact that he was not romantic. Although he had a number of wives like Jalāluddīn's daughter, a sister of Alp Khan, Badshah Begam, a daughter of Mu'izzuddīn Kaiqubād also known as Malka Māhik and mother of Quṭbuddīn Mubārak Shah, Kamla Devī and the daughter of Rām Deva, yet he does not seem to have been at any time under feminine influence as such. 'Alāūddīn could not pull on with Jalāluddīn's daughter, and Māhrū, for whom he is said to have forsaken his uncle's daughter, passed her last days in painful isolation and imprisonment. All other consorts of the sultan are names not even worth mentioning in the king's biography. In medieval times when woman, wine and song were the order of the day, 'Alāūddīn led a life free from unbridled debauchery. Although during the narrative of his reign we do hear of wine parties in the royal palace as also of the infatuation of the sultan for Kāfūr Hazārdinārī, yet the indulgence of the sultan vanishes into nothingness in comparison with that of Mu‘izzuddīn Kaiqubād, Qutbuddīn Mubārak and even Jalāluddīn Khaljī. ‘Alāuddīn took some wine in his early days, but later on he not only renounced it himself but prohibited its use among the people. ‘Alāuddīn's orders against wine drinking, adultery and prostitution clearly indicate the emperor's bent of mind. - [Previous: c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1950.c19.8) - [Next: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1950.c19.10) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1950.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1950.c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1950.c19.9) · Pramāṇa