ʿAlī Sher bin ʿIwaz Khaljī (Bengali: আলী শের খলজী, Persian: علی شیر بن عوض خلجی; fl.
[10] Khalji was appointed by his father to be the governor of northwestern Bengal,[11] a territory which spanned Birbhum and neighbouring areas.
[12] In his governorship, a khanqah was endowed by Ibn Muhammad of Maragheh in 7 Jumada al-Akhir 618 AH (August 1221) in Sian, Suri Sadar.
[13] This khanqah now holds the mazar (mausoleum) of Muslim preacher Makhdum Shah.
A. Desai is of the opinion that Khalji was not merely a governor, but actually a Sultan who was ruling after his father's death.