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Iltutmish

1211 - 1236

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Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (Persian: شمس الدین ایلتتمش; died 30 April 1236, r. 1211–1236) 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 is thus considered the effective founder of the Delhi Sultanate. Sold into slavery as a young boy, Iltutmish spent his early life in Bukhara and Ghazni under multiple masters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iltutmish has received more than 2,081,378 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Iltutmish is the 4,850th most popular politician (up from 5,502nd in 2019).

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  • 58.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Iltutmish ranks 4,850 out of 15,577Before him are Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Qara Yusuf, Yusuf I of Granada, Pir Muhammad, Qapaghan Qaghan, and Thorvald Stoltenberg. After him are Niklot, Alexander II of Scotland, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Emperor Duanzong, Utu-hengal, and Veljko Kadijević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1211, Iltutmish ranks 4Before him are Henry of Germany, Frederick II, Duke of Austria, and Agnes of Bohemia. After him are Ibn Khallikan, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, and Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre. Among people deceased in 1236, Iltutmish ranks 4Before him are Saint Sava, Suleyman Shah, and Moinuddin Chishti. After him are John, Old Lord of Beirut, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Roger of Wendover, and Rukn ud din Firuz.

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