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Iltutmish

1211 - 1236

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Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (1192 – 30 April 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 2,215,786 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Iltutmish is the 4,740th most popular politician (up from 4,839th in 2019).

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Iltutmish ranks 4,740 out of 19,576. Before him are Fruela I of Asturias, Gajah Mada, Maeda Toshiie, Birsa Munda, Peter von Biron, and Giuseppe Conte. After him are Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Robert Maxwell, Erwin Piscator, Olav Magnusson of Norway, İslâm III Giray, and Mamoru Shigemitsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1211, Iltutmish ranks 5. Before him are Henry of Germany, Frederick II, Duke of Austria, Agnes of Bohemia, and Ibn Khallikan. After him are Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, and Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre. Among people deceased in 1236, Iltutmish ranks 4. Before him are Saint Sava, Suleyman Shah, and Moinuddin Chishti. After him are John, Old Lord of Beirut, Qul Ghali, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Roger of Wendover, and Rukn ud din Firuz.

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