Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, Sultan of Delhi

Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah
Sultan
Silver tanka of Nasir ud Din Mahmud
8th Sultan of Delhi
Reign10 June 1246 – 18 February 1266
Coronation10 June 1246 in Delhi
PredecessorAla ud din Masud
SuccessorGhiyasuddin Balban
Born1229 or 1230
Delhi
Died18 February 1266 (aged 35–37)
Delhi
SpouseMalikah-i-Jahan Khani,[1][non-primary source needed] daughter of Ghiyasuddin Balban
HouseMamluk Dynasty (Delhi)
FatherShamsuddin Iltutmish (or possibly Iltutmish's son Nasiruddin Mahmud[2][3])
MotherMalikah-i-Jahan Jalal-ud-Dunya-wa-uddin[4][non-primary source needed]
ReligionIslam

Nasir ud din Mahmud Shah (Persian: ناصر الدین محمود شاه; 1229/1230 – 19 November 1266, reigned: 1246–1265) was the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate (Slave dynasty). The Tabaqat-i Nasiri, written by the court historian Minhaj-i-Siraj, is dedicated to him. His father-in-law Ghiyas ud din Balban handled the state affairs during his reign.

  1. ^ Minhaj-i-Siraj, "Tabaqat-i-Nasiri" translated by Major HG Raverty (1873), pp. 686, 714.
  2. ^ K. A. Nizami 1992, pp. 256.
  3. ^ Jaswant Lal Mehta 1979, p. 105.
  4. ^ Minhaj-i-Siraj, "Tabaqat-i-Nasiri" translated by Major HG Raverty (1873), p. 676

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