Iltutmish
Sign in to saveShams ud-Din Iltutmish (, 1192 – 30 April 1236) was the third Sultan of Delhi from 1211 to 1236. He was from the Mamluk dynasty, who ruled the former Ghurid territories in northern India. He was the first Muslim sovereign to rule from Delhi, and is thus considered the effective founder of the Delhi Sultanate.
Person
- Born
- 1192-00-00
- Died
- 1236-04-28
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Key facts
- Royalty.issue
- Nasiruddin MahmudSultan RaziaMuiz ud din BahramRuknuddin FiruzNasiruddin Mahmud Shah (possibly a grandson) Ghiyasuddin Muhammad Shah Jalaluddin Masud Shah Shihabuddin Muhammad Qutbuddin Muhammad unnamed daughter Shazia Begum
- Royalty.name
- Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish
- Royalty.title
- Sultan, Nasir Amir al-Mu'minin, Yamin Khalifat Allah
- Royalty.image
- Islamic Sultanates. Delhi. Shams al-Dīn Iltutmish. AH 607-633 AD 1210-1235. AR Tanka (25mm, 11.07 g, 6h). Sind type.jpg
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- Coinage of Shams al-Dīn Iltutmish (AH 607-633 AD 1210–1235). AR Tanka (25mm, 11.07 g, 6h). Sind type.
- Royalty.succession
- Sultan of DelhiMamluk Emperor
- Royalty.reign
- June 1211 – 30 April 1236
- Royalty.predecessor
- Aram Shah
- Royalty.successor
- Rukn ud din Firuz
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1192
- Royalty.death_place
- Delhi, Delhi Sultanate
Key dates
- Born
- 1192
- Died
- 28 April 1236
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Mehrauli
- Child
- Rukn ud din Firuz
- Occupation
- politician
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Family
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Image
- Entrance to Illtumish Tomb in Qutub Minar Complex.jpg
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- Qutb complex
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- Names and titles
- Early life
- Outside India
- In Qutb al-Din's service
- Ascension and consolidation of power
- Delhi's dependencies
- Defeat of Yildiz
- Initial conflict with Qabacha
- Khwarazmian threat
- Territorial expansion
- Eastern India and Rajasthan
- Annexation of Qabacha's empire
- Later years
- Caliph's recognition
- Other campaigns
- Death and succession
- Religion
- Policy towards Hindus
- Legacy
- Iqtas
- Coinage
- Islamic culture
- Architecture
- Family
- Consorts
- Sons
- Daughters
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (, 1192 – 30 April 1236) was the third Sultan of Delhi from 1211 to 1236. He was from the Mamluk dynasty, who ruled the former Ghurid territories in northern India. He was the first Muslim sovereign to rule from Delhi, and is thus considered the effective founder of the Delhi Sultanate.
Sold into slavery as a young boy, Iltutmish spent his early life in Bukhara and Ghazni under multiple masters. In the late 1190s, the Ghurid slave-commander Qutb ud-Din Aibak purchased him in Delhi, thus making him the slave of a slave. Iltutmish rose to prominence in Aibak's service, and was granted the important iqta' of Badaun. His military actions against the Khokhar rebels in 1205–1206 gained attention of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghor, who manumitted him even before his master Aibak was manumitted.