When did the Caliph of Baghdad, Mustansir Billah, bestow on Iltutmish the titles of ‘Sultan-i-Azam’ (Sultan the great) and ‘Nasir-Amir-al-Mommin’ (deputy of the leader of faithful)?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. 1229 AD.
The Caliph of Baghdad, Mustansir Billah, bestowed the titles 'Sultan-i-Azam' (Sultan the great) and 'Nasir-Amir-al-Mommin' (deputy of the leader of faithful) upon Iltutmish in February 1229 CE.
Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (1192 – 30 April 1236)
- He was the third of the Mamluk kings who ruled the former Ghurid territories in northern India.
- He was the first Muslim sovereign to rule from Delhi
- And thus considered the effective founder of the Delhi Sultanate.
- In the late 1190s, the Ghurid slave-commander Qutb ud-Din Aibak purchased him in Delhi, thus making him the slave of a slave.
- After Muhammad of Ghor's assassination in 1206, Aibak became a practically independent ruler of the Ghurid territories in India, with his headquarters at Lahore.
- After Aibak's death, Iltutmish dethroned his unpopular successor Aram Shah in 1211, and set up his capital at Delhi