Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Punjab Under the Maumluk Dynasty (1206–1290)

Pankaj Dhanger

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During the sultanate period, the Punjab enjoyed a position of distinct prestige and status politically. Whenever there was a revolt in Delhi, Punjab in one form or another was invariably associated with it. Qutab–ud–Din Aibak, realizing the strategic position and political importance of Punjab, shifted his capital from Delhi to Lahore. The Ghori nobles of the Punjab placed Aram Shah on the throne. But Iltutmish wrested the throne from him. That was the first revolt in which the Punjab suffered a virtual defeat. To save Sultanate specially Punjab, Iltutmish followed, perhaps, a deliberate policy by allowing his neighbors to weaken one another and intervening–as he did on Qubacha’s behalf against Jalal–ud–Din Mangbarni only when it was absolutely necessary, he was then able to eliminate these competitors one by one. Balban, who after Iltutmish was the most powerful Sultan in the line of the Mamluk Dynasty, started his career in Punjab.

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Pankaj Dhanger / Punjab Under the Maumluk Dynasty (1206-1290) / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue.11 November 2013

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