aram shah temporarily ascended the throne of delhi sultante after the death of qutub ud din aibak before being dethroned by iltutmish.
aram shah temporarily ascended the throne of delhi sultante after the death of qutub ud din aibak before being dethroned by iltutmish.
who temporarily ascended the throne of delhi sultante after the death of qutub ud din aibak before being dethroned by iltutmish?
aram shah
iltutmish faced a number of challenges to his rule. in the aftermath of aibak's death, the ghurids dominions in india had divided into four. iltutmish controlled delhi. at that time nasir-ud-din qabacha was the governor of uch and multan asserted his independence. ali mardan, a khalji noble, who had been appointed governor of lakhnauti by aibak in 1206, had thrown off his allegiance to delhi after his death and styled himself sultan ala-ud-din. his successor, ghiyas ud din balban, conquered bihar. lahore was contested by iltutmish, nasir-ud-din qabacha and tajuddin elduz, muhammad of ghor adopted son and successor in ghazni. elduz attempted to bring delhi under his control. initially, iltutmish acknowledged elduz's suzerainty by accepting the symbolic presents of the chatr and durbash. the hindu princes and chiefs were discontented at their loss of independence and had recovered kannauj, benaras, gwalior, and kalinjar had been lost during aibak's reign while ranthambore had been reconquered by the chauhans during aram shah's rule.
nasir ad-din qabacha
minhaj states that iltutmish was subsequently sold to a merchant called jamaluddin muhammad chust qaba, who brought him to ghazni. the arrival of a handsome and intelligent slave in the town was reported to the ghurid king mu'izz ad-din, who offered 1,000 for iltutmish and another slave named tamghaj aibak. when jamaluddin refused the offer, the king banned the sale of these slaves in ghazni. a year later, jamaluddin went to bukhara, and stayed there for three years. subsequently, he returned to ghazni, where mu'izz ad-din's slave-commander qutb al-din aibak noticed iltutmish. qutb al-din, who had just returned from a campaign in gujarat, sought mu'izz ad-din's permission to purchase the two slaves. since their sale had been banned in ghazni, mu'izz ad-din directed them to be taken to delhi. in delhi, jamaluddin sold iltutmish and tamghaj to qutb al-din for 100,000 "jitals" (silver or silver coins). tamghaj rose to the position of the muqta (provincial governor) of tabarhinda (possibly modern bathinda), while iltutmish became the "sar-jandar" (head of bodyguard).
iltutmish