Malik Kafur

Malik Kafur (died 1316), was a slave who became a head  general in the army of Alauddin Khilji, ruler of the Delhi sultanate from 1296 to 1316 AD. Kafur was originally seized by Alauddin's army after the army conquered the city of Khambhat. Kafur was castrated and made a eunuch. A eunuch is a person with no gender. They are called Chakkas. Malik Kafur was also called Hazar Dinari as he was bought by Sultan Alauddin's general Nusrat Khan for a thousand dinars .Kafur rose quickly in the army. In 1305 Kafur defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Amroha and between 1309 and 1311, Malik Kafur led two campaigns in south India. The first against Warangal and other against Dwar Samudra, Mabar and Madurai. Kafur was made malik naib, the senior commander of the army after its southern campaigns. In 1294 Kafur led the sultan's army against the capital city of the Yadava kingdom, Devagiri. Kafur led further invasions southward into the Kakatiya dynasty, winning immense riches for the sultanate and sacking many Hindu temples. according to legend he was rumored to kill alauddin khilji

The booty from Warangal included the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond. During the course of the attack he sacked and plundered many Hindu temples including the famous Hoyasaleshwara temple in Halebidu.

According to Muslim historian Ziauddin Barani, Kafur came back to Delhi with 241 tonnes of gold, 20,000 horses and 612 elephants laden with the looted treasure.