Rukn ud din Firuz

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Rukn ud din Firuz (1236) was a Muslim Turkic ruler and the fourth Sultan of Delhi of medieval India who only ruled for a meager seven months during the Slave Dynasty (or Mameluk dynasty) He was the son of Shams ud din Iltutmish (1211-1236) and was raised to become Iltutmish's heir. However after Iltutmish's death in April, 1236 he was viewed as being unfit to rule and was murdered in November 1236[1]. Raziyyat ud din Sultana,Iltumish's daughter, would succeed him as ruler.

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  1. ^ >Satish Chandra (2007). History of Medieval India. Orient Longman, p.100. 

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Preceded by
Shams ud din Iltutmish		 Slave Dynasty
1206–1290		 Succeeded by
Razia Sultan


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