#Balban

Ghaisuddin Balban Balban was an Ilbari Turk. His original name was Bahauddin. In his youth, he was imprisoned and sold as a slave in Baghdad by the Mongols. Then Iltutmish purchased him from his master in 1233. He enjoyed high posts during Iltutmish and Razia’s reign, but he proved treacherous and played a very important […]