Iltutmish

Sultan of Delhi from 1211 to 1236

Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (Persian: شمس الدین اِیلتِتْمِشْ, 1192 – 30 April 1236) was the third Sultan of Delhi from 1211 to 1236. He was from the Mamluk dynasty, 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.

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