Person · r. 1211 – 1236

Shams-ud-din Iltutmish

Son-in-law and former slave of Qutb-ud-din Aibak, invited by discontented nobles and then took Delhi by defeating Aram Shah in battle.

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vol. I, p. 206 · read as page image upon the death of Eibuk, as we have before related, he advanced against the capital, expelled Aram from the throne in the year 607, and declared himself King with the title of Shums-ood-Deen Altmish.