Ruler · 1201 – 1287

Ghiyas ud din Balban

Lived 1201 – 1287. Sultan of Hindustan (Sultan of Delhi) of Delhi Sultanate, 1266 – 1287; also in the line of Mamluk dynasty.

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Lived: 1201 – 1287; 86 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Sultan of Hindustan (Sultan of Delhi)

Delhi Sultanate · the 9th of 19 dated reigns · 1206 – 1526

5 before

Muiz ud din Bahram1240 – 1242

Masud Shah1242 – 1245

Mahmud I of Delhi1245 – 1266

Ghiyas ud din Balban1266 – 1287

Muiz ud din Qaiqabad1287 – 1290

Shamsuddin Kayumars1290

Jalal-ud-Din Khalji1290 – 1296

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1266 – 1287 · 21 years · came to it aged 65

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1287, the year they died

Also in the line of Mamluk dynasty (8th of 10).

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