Muiz ud-Din Bahram (; 9 July 1212 – 15 May 1242) was the sixth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty.

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He was the son of Shams ud din Iltutmish (1211–36) and the half-brother of

Razia Sultan Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din ( Hindustani (Hindi): रज़िय्यत उद दुन्या व उद दीन, ; 1205 – 15 October 1240, ), popularly known as Razia Sultan, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part ...

(1236–40). While his sister was imprisoned in

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by subedar Malik Altunia (both Altunia and Bahram Shah planned conspiracy against Razia Sultan) he declared himself the king with the support of forty chiefs. Even so, during Muiz ud din Bahram's two years as king, the chiefs that had originally supported him became disordered and constantly bickered among each other. It was during this period of unrest that he was murdered by his own army in 1242 (died 15 May 1242). After his death, he was succeeded by his nephew

Ala ud din Masud Alauddin Masood Shah bin Rukhuddin Firuz Shah bin Shamsuddin Iltumish (; died 10 June 1246) was the seventh sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. Life Ala-ud-Din Masud-Shah ruled from 1242 to 1246. He was the grandson of Iltutmish and the son of ...

, a son of his half-brother

Rukn ud din Firuz Rukn-ud-din Firuz (), further transliterated as Rukn al-Din Firoz and also known as Firuz I (1211 – 19 November 1236), was the Sultan of Delhi for less than seven months in 1236. As a prince, he had administered the Badaun and Lahore provinc ...

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of the

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appointed Dayir commander of

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and Menggetu commander in

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. In winter 1241 the Mongol force invaded the

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and besieged Lahore. Dayir died storming the town, however, on 30 December 1241, and the Mongols butchered the town before withdrawing from the

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.Islamic Culture Board-Islamic culture, p.256 The sultan was too weak to take step against them. The "Forty Chiefs" besieged him in the White Fort of Delhi and put him to death. Bahmram Shah

After the death of Razia Sultan (1240) the forty chiefs decided to put Iltutmish's third Son Bahram shah on the throne. He was put on throne on 21 April 1240 at Lal Mahal but after some time the 40 chiefs decided to take all the power of Bahram shah in their hands. At that time the Minister was Muhajbuddin, so in this way there was three rulers of that dynasty. Muiz ud din Bahram built a

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in Delhi during his reign.

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India Through the Ages
(archived) Sultans of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) 1242 deaths Indian Sunni Muslims 13th-century Indian monarchs 13th-century monarchs in Asia 13th-century Mamluk sultans 1212 births {{India-royal-stub

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