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Ghiyas ud din Balban

1200 - 1287

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Al-Sultan al-Azam Ghiyath al-Dunya Wal Din Abu'l Muzaffar Balban al-Sultan (Persian: السلطان الاعظم غیاث الدنیا والدین ابوالمظفر بلبن السلطان; 1216 – 13 January 1287), more famously known as Ghiyath al-Din Balban or simply Balban, was the ninth Mamluk sultan of Delhi. He had been the regent of the last Shamsi sultan, Mahmud until the latter's death in 1266, following which, he declared himself sultan of Delhi. His original name was Baha-ud-Din. He was an Ilbari Turk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghiyas ud din Balban is the 3,208th most popular politician (up from 4,242nd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from India (up from 140th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ghiyas ud din Balban ranks 3,208 out of 19,576. Before him are João Goulart, Iziaslav I of Kiev, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, and Francisco de Almeida. After him are Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, James II of Scotland, Frank Caprio, Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, Juana Bormann, and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1200, Ghiyas ud din Balban ranks 6. Before him are Pope Urban III, Pope Celestine IV, Pope Alexander IV, Dōgen, and Qutuz. After him are Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Zhang Sanfeng, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, Villard de Honnecourt, Muhammad al-Nasir, and Nicholas Kanabos. Among people deceased in 1287, Ghiyas ud din Balban ranks 2. Before him is Pope Honorius IV. After him are Bohemond VII of Antioch, Tode Mongke, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Bernard Desclot, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway, William I de la Roche, and Konrad von Würzburg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ghiyas ud din Balban ranks 130 out of 1,861. Before him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Pete Best (1941), Ravi Shankar (1920), and Zeb-un-Nissa (1638). After him are Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Kim Philby (1912), Radha (null), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Ramanuja (1017), and Rajendra Chola I (1000).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Ghiyas ud din Balban ranks 50. Before him are Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), Maharana Pratap (1540), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Samudragupta (335), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888). After him are Rajendra Chola I (1000), Sambhaji (1657), Sanghamitta (-281), Rajaraja I (947), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), and Sher Shah Suri (1486).

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