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Encyclopedia > Iltutmish

Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish, or Altamash, (Persian: شمس الدین التتمش ) was the third Sultan of Delhi and the third ruler of the Slave dynasty (d. 1236). He was the son-in-law of Qutb-ud-din Aibak. Persian, also called Farsi or Parsi, is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran (Persia), Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... The Slave dynasty (Urdu: سلطنت غلامان) served as the first Sultans of Delhi in India from 1206 to 1290. ...


After the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, Multan became its western frontier. In the beginning it was governed by Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha, then captured by Jalal-al-Din Manakabarni and finally annexed by Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish. Shams-ud-din was given the title "Altmush or Iltmash" when he was throned. Altmush (altmış pronounced ahlt-MUSH) in the turkish language translates into 60, which was the age of Shamsuddin at the time he was made king. Altmash or Iltutmish was the first king to appoint a woman as his official successor named Razia Sultan. Multan (Urdu: ملتان Sanskrit: Mulasthan मूलस्थान) is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, and capital of Multan District. ... Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha (Persian: ناصرالدین قباجه ) was the governor of Sindh, appointed by Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori in 1203, but declared himself independent in 1210 CE. He twice repulsed the attacks of Tajuddin Elduz of Ghanzi, but could not defeat Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish and perished in sea while trying to escape. ... Given name Razia al-Din, (Urdu: رضیہ الدین) throne name Jalâlat ud-Dîn Raziyâ (Urdu:جلالت رضیہ الدین). She is usually referred to in history as Razia Sultan or Razia Sultana (Urdu: رضیہ سلطانہ ), and is primarily known for being the only woman monarch to have ruled Delhi. ...


He completed the famous Qutub Minar in Delhi, started by the founder of the dynasty, Qutb-ud-din Aibak. At 72. ... This article is about the metropolis of Delhi. ... Qutb-ud-din Aybak (Persian: قطب الدین ایبک) was a ruler of medieval India, the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave dynasty (also known as the Mamluk dynasty). ...


He introduced the silver tanka in the currency system.

Preceded by:
Aram Shah		 Slave Dynasty
1206–1290		 Succeeded by:
Rukn ud din Firuz

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Iltutmish had organized the administration in the newly conquered territories as a decentralized system in which the fiefholders enjoyed wide power, and high nobles were treated almost as peers of the king.
He used to say that next to prophethood, the highest office was that of kingship, and that the ruler who did not maintain the dignity of his office failed to perform his functions properly, and his subjects, resorting to insubordination, would fall prey to crime.
Aibak and Iltutmish had relied largely on the contingents of the fiefholders, and the ariz, or war office, had been a subordinate branch of the central secretariat under the overall control of the wazir.
Consolidation and Continuation : The Beginnings of an Indo-Islamic Culture by Ashish Nangia (846 words)
Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish (A.D. 1211-1236), succeeding to the throne after Qutb-ud-Din's death in a freak polo accident, was an energetic builder.
The first of these was by Iltutmish, who doubled the size of the original enclosure of the Quwwatu'l Islam mosque, and added another screen of five arches to define the qibla (the axis towards Mecca).
Iltutmish constructed his own tomb as well as that of his son Nasir-ud-din Mohammed - the so-called Sultan Ghari or 'Sultan of the Cave'.
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