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Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate (r. 1266–1287)

Ghiyas-ud-din Balban (Persian: غیاث الدین بلبن; 1216–1287) was the ninth Sultan of Delhi. He had been the regent of the last Shamsi sultan, Mahmud until the latter's death in 1266,^[2] following which, he declared himself sultan of Delhi.

His original name was Baha-ud-Din. He was an Ilbari Turk.

Balban biography samples

When he was young he was captured by the Mongols, taken to Ghazni and sold to Khawaja Jamal-ud-din of Basra, a Sufi. The latter then brought him to Delhi in 1232 along with other slaves, and all of them were purchased by Iltutmish.^{[citation needed]} Balban belonged to the famous group of 40 Turkic slaves of Iltutmish.^[3]

Ghiyas made several conquests, some of them as wazir.

He routed the people of Mewat that harassed Delhi and reconquered Bengal, all while successfully facing the Mongol threat, during which his son died. After his death in 1287, his grandson Qaiqabad was nominated sultan, though his ru