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9 unusual facts about Iltutmish


Alauddin Jani

In 1232, Alauddin was appointed as the governor of Bengal by Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish after Malik Balkha Khilji was removed from power.

Awar Khan Aibak

Awar Khan Aibak (alternately Latinised Aor, Awor) was the governor of Bengal at Lakhnauti during 1235–1236 CE under Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish.

Iltutmish

The Mongols sacked the Khwarazmian kingdom (Khwarazm-Shah), captured Khiva and forced its ruler, Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu al-Khwarazmi to flee to the Punjab.

Iron pillar of Delhi

The king of Delhi, Iltutmish, is known to have attacked and sacked Vidisha in the thirteenth century and this would have given him an opportunity to remove the pillar as a trophy to Delhi, just as the Tughluq rulers brought Asokan pillars to Delhi in the 1300s.

Khen dynasty

This was followed by the defeat of Giasuddin in 1227, but in 1228, Prithu was defeated by Mahmud Shah, the son of Iltutmish, and the Turkic army reached the Nagaon area.

Malik Balkha Khilji

Malik Balkha Khilji was the governor of Bengal during 1230–1231 under Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish.

Nasiruddin Mahmud

He received the title Malik-us-Sharq (Lord of the East) from Sultan Iltutmish.

Nasiruddin Mahmud (reigned: 1227–1229) was the son of Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish.

Swargdwari

Kunwar Rai Singh was ruling in this territory before Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, as a governor of Badaun invaded him around 1212 AD.


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