With reference to Delhi Sultanate, the Turkan-e-Chihalgani was constituted by __?

First Published: December 8, 2014 | Last Updated:December 9, 2014

With reference to Delhi Sultanate, the Turkan-e-Chihalgani was constituted by __?
[A] Qutubuddin Aibak
[B] Iltutmish
[C] Balban
[D] None of these

Iltutmish
The Delhi Sultanate – The Slave Dynasty: Iltutmish (1210-1236 AD) was the third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi of Turkic origin. He constituted a corp of 40 loyal slaves Amirs Known as Turkan-i-Chihalgani. A select body of Turkish nobility originally slaves of Iltumish which came into existence during the period of Iltumish to be destroyed by Balban later .

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  • unni89
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    A small correction to your explanation part.
    Iltumish was the second ruler of Mamluk dynasty. Not third as your explanation says.

    • Anvesh Singh

      Small correction to your knowledge too…
      Iltutmish was the third ruler of mamluk dynasty.
      Because second was Araamshah..who ruled for 1210-1211AD . I believe you must be not knowing this fact #unni89

  • hemant
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    he is right sir.
    qutbuddin aibak first
    aram shah – second
    sham suddin iltutmish was third ruler of slave dynasty

  • Kamal
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    Aram shah was the second ruler for the short period of 1 year from 1210-1211. Then he was killed by iltutmish.