NAME:

MUJEEB-UR-REHMAN

ROLL NO: 10
CLASS: M.A. HISTORY
SEMESTER: 3rd

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WHO WAS NASIR-UD-DIN MAHMOOD?

CORONATION
HIS RULE
HIS CHARACTER
ACHIEVEMENTS
CONCLUSION

Presentation topic

NASIR UD DIN
MAHMOOD (12461266)

Introduction

Birth: Capital of Delhi

Name: given due to intense
love of his father Iltutmish to
his eldest son: Malik Nasir-uddin Mahmood Shah

Introduction

Education: government and

politics
His age at coronation: 17
8th sultan of sayyed dynasty

His Personal life

Calligraphist
Earned his living
Very pious
Endowed with patience.
Wives no:
Monogamy
4 wives

No concubines

His Rule

He had no ambitions to become a king.

His coronation was the result of conspiracy by
the corpse of forty.
He was under the tutelage of his deputy Ulugh
Khane-Azam (Balban).
Barani mentions about him

HIS RULE

During the twenty years of his reign Balban

was Deputy of the State, and bore the title of
Ulugh Khan. He, keeping Nasir-ud-din as a
puppet (namuna), carried on the government,
and even while he was only a Khan used many
of the insignia of royalty
Dr. S.M. Ikram, History Of Muslim Civilization
In India And Pakistan, p. 76.

Achievements

End of conflict between monarchy and nobles.

Precautions against Mongols foothold
Mongols strong at the areas of todays Pakista
They had pillaged Multan, Lahore (1241) and Sind
extorted a lot of booty in gold, silk and other
valuables from the citizens.
captives
Kishlu Khan and governers of Uch and Multan
persuaded Hulagu Khan to sanction a full scale
invasion on the sultanante.

Thanks to the preacautions made by the Balban

all this did not materialize.

Expeditions

According to the Tarikh-e-Mubarak shahi, his

reign was full of successful expeditions and
victorious battles.
Sultan positively showed great energy and
skill in waging holy wars against the infidels
He led seven campaigns into the neighbouring
territories
Expedition to Bunyan: sucees at state of Kohe-Jowd and Nandna

Other expeditions

MUGHALS DEFEAT: End of 655H, Mughals army

coming from Khurasan was joined by Kishlu khan at
the Multan. But they returned back, when they came
to know about the magnitude of sultans army.
Tarikh-e-Mubarak Shahi
Successful expeditions towards Gawalior, Chanderi
and Malwa.
Victorious attack On Lahore, Multan and Uch:
Successful expeditons to the valley of Bardar and
baijnour.
Victorious battle with Qatlugh Khan.

Opinions of Historians

Isami tells us that sultan expressed no opinion

without their (Shamsi nobles) permission. He did
not move his hands or feet except at their
orders.
Prof. K.A. Nizami writes, The surrender was
absolute the Sultan did nothing which could
provoke the displeasure of forty.

Opinions of historians

I would agree to the wiew of

Dr. P. Sarans view. He says, the Sultan was very

much afraid of the Turkish nobles and, therefore,
kept himself aloof from active politics. It is
accepted that he possessed the virtues of
continence, frugality and practical piety and
simplicity but more than that the circumstances
had forced him to behave like that. He knew the
power of the Turkish nobility.

DEATH

According to Tarikh-e-Mubarak Shahi, he died

on 11 Jammadi-ul-awal 658H with some
disease on his body.
It is not known with certainly how the reign of
Mahmud ended. The reason is that Minhaj died
before the event and the account of Barani
opens with the accession of Balban.
The accounts of Ibn Batuta and Isami hold
Balban guilty of poisoning his master.

Conclusion

Sultan Nasiruddin knew the power of

the Turkish nobles and was aware of the
fact that his two predecessors who had
dared to challenge the authority of the
nobles were murdered. Balban was the
Naib or the Deputy to the Sultan and
enjoyed vast powers. He married his
daughter to the Sultan.
In 1266, Balban was ascended to the
throne.

Bibliography

yahya bin ahmad sirhindi, Tarikh-e-Mubarak Shahi

(urdu), (Lahore: Urdu science board, 1986).
Dr. Muhammad Aziz Ahmad, Political History and
institutions of the early Turkish empire of Delhi
(1206-1290 A.D), (Lahore: Research society of
Pakistan, 1987) p.231
Dr. S.M. Ikram, History Of Muslim Civilization In India
And Pakistan (Lahore: Institute of Islamic Culture,
1982), p.75.
Stanley Lane-poole, Medieval India, (Lahore: Sang-emeel publishers, 1997)