The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c8.28

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¹ Minhaj, p. 141; TM, p. 16; TA, I, p. 55. Raverty argues that he was Aibak's adopted son, for which, however, no authentic evidence is available. See also Haji Dabir, II, p. 686. Raverty: op. cit. p. 589, note 4, on the supposed evidence of an anonymous work, describing the coins of Delhi sultans, entitled Tafsil-i-Sikka, f. 8, states that Aram ruled upto 1215. But Iltutmish's earliest coin was issued in 608/1211 and his inscription is dated Jamadi I, 608/1211. See CCIM, II, intr. p. 6; EIM, 1911-12, p. 3.