The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c8.96

c8.96

² Ibid, p. 163. He is called Ikhtiyaruddin Balka, but on p. 174, he is simply Balka Malik Khalji. In the list of Iltutmish’s maliks one ‘Daulat Shah Khalji, malik of Lakhnauti’ is mentioned but no Balka; it is unlikely that the rebel would be listed here. Raverty increases the confusion, for he found in two old Mss. of the Tabaqat, Ikhtiyaruddin Daulat Shah-i-Balka b. Husamuddin Iwaz, Khalji; others mention one Iran Shah-i-Balka Khalji. It seems we are dealing with two persons here and Daulat Shah, and not Balka, is to be identified with Daulat Shah of Thomas’s coin. For this suggestion I am indebted to my pupil and friend Abdul Majid of the Calcutta University.