SULTAN GHYAS-UD-DIN BALBAN
son of a turkish noble of the ilbar tribe but as a child was captured by Mongols and sold as slave at Ghazni,bought by Iltutmush in 1232.
*literally educated...he introduced the persian culture of zaminbos that is lying flat one's face before the emperor.
*He was initially the prime minister sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud from 1246 to 1266.He ascended throne of Nasir in 1266 at age of 60 as he had no male heir.
*During his reign,Balban ruled with an iron fist.He broke up the chahelgan(a group of forty most important nobles)
*tried to establish peace and order in india
* built many outposts in areas where there was crime and garrisoned them with the soldiers.
*Balban wanted to make everyone loyal to the crown by establishing an efficient espionage system.
*He had a strong and well organized spy system.He placed secret reporters and news writers in every department.The spies were independent authority only answerable to sultan.
*strict administrator of justice,didnt show any partiality..
about his justice Dr.Ishwari prasad remarked,
So great was the dread of sultan's inexorable justice that no one dared to ill treat his servant and slaves.
*successor was his grand son,Muizuddin Qaiqabad
*Mongols had advanced many times and plundered Lahore.In order to check their invasion,Balban built new forts and ordered the repair of old ones.He deployed the best of his
troops on the northern borders to check the mOngols.His policies paid off,as he managed to stop the MOngol threat from advancing into his territories.
*In last days of Balban,Tughral baig,the governor of Bengal revolted against him.Balban sent an army who was defeated then Balban decided to
lead an attack against the rebellion leader.He re conquered Bengal,appointed his son Bughra khan as the governor of Bengal.
Greatest set back was the death of his favorite son Prince Muhammad during the war against Mongols.
In short Balban put the muslim rule on firm footings.He made the Muslim rule in India so strong that it lasted in one form or the other till 1857.
son of a turkish noble of the ilbar tribe but as a child was captured by Mongols and sold as slave at Ghazni,bought by Iltutmush in 1232.
*literally educated...he introduced the persian culture of zaminbos that is lying flat one's face before the emperor.
*He was initially the prime minister sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud from 1246 to 1266.He ascended throne of Nasir in 1266 at age of 60 as he had no male heir.
*During his reign,Balban ruled with an iron fist.He broke up the chahelgan(a group of forty most important nobles)
*tried to establish peace and order in india
* built many outposts in areas where there was crime and garrisoned them with the soldiers.
*Balban wanted to make everyone loyal to the crown by establishing an efficient espionage system.
*He had a strong and well organized spy system.He placed secret reporters and news writers in every department.The spies were independent authority only answerable to sultan.
*strict administrator of justice,didnt show any partiality..
about his justice Dr.Ishwari prasad remarked,
So great was the dread of sultan's inexorable justice that no one dared to ill treat his servant and slaves.
*successor was his grand son,Muizuddin Qaiqabad
*Mongols had advanced many times and plundered Lahore.In order to check their invasion,Balban built new forts and ordered the repair of old ones.He deployed the best of his
troops on the northern borders to check the mOngols.His policies paid off,as he managed to stop the MOngol threat from advancing into his territories.
*In last days of Balban,Tughral baig,the governor of Bengal revolted against him.Balban sent an army who was defeated then Balban decided to
lead an attack against the rebellion leader.He re conquered Bengal,appointed his son Bughra khan as the governor of Bengal.
Greatest set back was the death of his favorite son Prince Muhammad during the war against Mongols.
In short Balban put the muslim rule on firm footings.He made the Muslim rule in India so strong that it lasted in one form or the other till 1857.
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