Who ascended the throne of delhi sultanate after the death of qutubuddin aibak

Table of this Article • • • • Who was Aaram Shah? Aram Shah was the second Sultan of the Slave Dynasty. He ruled the Delhi sultanate for an extremely short time from 1210 to 1211, only for 8 months. Aram Shah father The apparent birth date of Aramshah is not recorded in any history book and is considered to be the disputed son of Aibak. According to Indian historian A book was written by Farishta and Al Badoni clearly states that Aramshah was the son of Aibak and he ascended the throne soon after the sudden death of his father Aibak and proclaimed himself Sultan. Aram Shah History At that time Delhi was the most important place due to a political point of view, there used to be Turkish nobles from the very beginning, but some Turkish nobles also lived in Lahore and Lahore nobles had placed Aramshah on the throne because he ascended the throne in Lahore. Due to this, the general public of Delhi and Delhi’s Turkish Nobels had refused to accept him as their king and started protesting against him. At the time when the people of Delhi and the Turkish nobles of Delhi were protesting against Aram Shah, Iltutmish was the ruler of Badaun and Aram Shah death Both Lahore and Delhi were part of the Delhi Sultanate, Aram Shah was ruling Lahore with the help of Turkish Nobles of Lahore, And Iltutmish was ruling Delhi with the help of Turkish Nobles of Delhi, due to which the conflict between the two rulers grew. In 1211 AD, there was a war between Aramshah and Iltutmish near Delhi in w...

Foundation of Delhi Sultanate and early Turkish Sultans – Consolidation: The rule of Iltutmish and Balban: Part I • By the time of Muizzuddin Muhammad’s death in 1206, the Turks had been able to extend their sway upto: Lakhnauti in Bengal, Ajmer and Ranthambor in Rajasthan, upto the boundaries of Ujjain in the south, and Multan and Uchch in Sindh. selfstudyhistory.com • Empire remained more or less stationary for almost a hundred years. The period from 1206 to 1290 constitutes the formative and the most challenging period in the history of the Delhi Sultanate. The internal and external difficulties faced by the Turks were numerous. • Rajput rulers: the efforts of some of the ousted rulers, particularly the Rajput rulers of Rajasthan and Bundelkhand, and neighbouring areas, such as Bayana and Gwaliyar to regain their former possessions. But, Rajputs never came together to try and collectively oust the Turks from India. • Internal conflict within nobles: • Tussle for supremacy among his three important generals. Yalduz (held Ghazni), Qubacha (held Uchh) and Qutbuddin Aibak (viceroy and over all commander of the army in India). • Some of the Turkish rulers tried to carve out their own independent spheres of authority. Thus, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji and his successors tried to keep Lakhnauti and Bihar free from the control of Delhi. • Mongols were another threat started during Iltutmish. • Qutbuddin Aibak (AD 1206–1210): • Qutbuddin Aibak was a Turkish slave of Muhammad G...

• Aram Baksh was the second ruler of the Slave dynasty who ruled only for eight months after the death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak. • He assumed the title of Sultan Aram Shah after ascending the throne. • He was dethroned by Iltutmish in the year 1211. Ruler Period Important Achievements/Points Aram Baksh 1210-11 (8 months) • He was an inexperienced and incapable ruler Iltutmish 1211-1236 • He completed the famous Qutab Minar in Delhi. • He shifted his capital from Lahore to Delhi. • The Mongol policy of Iltutmish saved India from the wrath of GhengisKhan. Razia Sultana 1236-40 • She was the first female ruler of India. • Her term was full of revolts. • On October 13, 1240, she was killed by herkin. Balban 1266-1287 • He was the greatest ruler of the Slave dynasty. • Balban started the rigorous court discipline and new customs such as prostration and kissing the Sultan's feet to prove his superiority over the nobles. • He broke the power of Forty, the Turkish nobles, who were the real threat tothe monarchy. • His tomb is located in Mehrauli, Delhi

Slave Dynasty ( 1206 - 90 AD ) Qutubuddin Aibak ( 1206-10 ) » A Turkish slave by origin, he was purchased by Mohammad Ghori who later made him his Governor. After the death of Ghori, Aibak became the master of Hindustan and founded the Slave Dynasty in 1206. For his generosity, he was given the title of Lakh Bakhsh (giver of Lakhs). » He died in 1210 while playing Chaugan or Polo. » He constructed two mosques- Quwat-ul-Islam at Delhi and Adhai din ka Jhonpra at Ajmer. He also began the constrction of Qutub Minar, in the honour of famous Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. » Aibak was a great patron of learning and patronised writers like Hasan-un- Nizami, author of Taj-ul-Massir' and Fakhruddin, author of 'Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi'. Shamsuddin Iltutmish ( 1211 - 36 ) » He was a slave of Qutubuddin Aibak and occupied the throne of Delhi in 1211 after deposing Aram Bakhsh » He was a very capable ruler and is regarded as the 'real founder of the Delhi Sultanate'. He made Delhi the capital in place of Lahore. » He saved Delhi Sultanate from the wrath of Chengiz Khan, the Mongol leader, by refusing shelter to Khwarizm Shah, whom Chengiz was chasing. » He introduced the silver coin (tanka) and the copper coin (jital). He organised the Iqta System and introduced reforms in civil administration and army, which was now centrally paid and recruited. » He set up an official nobility of slaves known as Chahalgani / Chalisa (group of 40). » He completed the construction of Qutub...

Shihab al-Din (also Muʿizz al-Din Muhammad Ghori (r. 1173-1206 CE), was the Muslim ruler who laid the foundation for the subsequent Islamic ruling dynasties of Muhammad Ghori was of Persian origin, however, his exact ethnicity is still debated. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of Islamic and Indian history. Though he was defeated in many battles, notably by Chahamana ruler Prithviraj III (r. 1178-1192 CE) in the First The Ghurids rose to power during the time of their king Sultan Ala al-Din Husayn (r. 1149-1161 CE), the 'World Burner'. The ascension of the Ghurids started from the time when due to the vacuum left by the decline of the earlier Islamic dynasties such as the Samanids, Seljuk Turks, etc., two empires simultaneously rose – the Khwarazm Empire based in Muhammad Ghori was born c. 1149 CE and was the nephew of Sultan Ala al-Din. When Ala al-Din and later his son Sayf al-Din died, Muhammad's elder brother Ghiyath al-Din came to the throne with the support of their nobles. He gave his younger brother many areas to rule; Muhammad became the ruler of Ghazni when they captured it in 1173 CE from the Oguz/Ghuzz Turks who had earlier seized it from the Ghaznavids, gradually establishing a solid base there for their further conquests. Indian Campaigns Muhammad Ghori after helping his brother in several campaigns, which secured their positions, turned his eye to India. Firstly, they were under continuous pressure from the Khwarazm Empire in the west, and seco...