Correct Answer - Option 1 : Malik Kafur
Solution: The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Malik Kafur.
Malik Kafur, also known as Taj al-Din Izz al-Dawla, was a military general of Alauddin Khalji. He is responsible for bringing the Yadavas, Kakatiyas and Hoysalas dynasties under the rule of the Khalji dynasty.
- Kafur helped defeat the Mongols in 1306 AD.
- In 1308 AD, Khalji sent Kafur to capture Devagiri, the capital of the Yadava dynasty. Earlier in 1296 AD, king Ramchandra had agreed to pay annual tributes to Khalji. But after it was discontinued in 1303 AD, Khalji sent a military expedition.
- He succeeded in making it a vassal state of the Khalji dynasty.
- In 1309 AD, Kafur attacked Warangal, the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty and succeeded in bringing it under the Khalji rule 1310 AD.
- In 1311 AD, Kafur attacked Dwarasamudra, the capital of the Hoysala dynasty and successfully defeated it in the same year.
