The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c9.41

c9.41

The elevation of Bahram to the throne as it appears, was conditional on his agreeing to delegate to them all sovereign power; he was only to reign while the oligarchy ruled. This agreement was now given a concrete shape by the creation of a new office, the *naib-i-mamlikat* (deputy of the kingdom) to whom Bahram was made to delegate all his powers by a written proclamation. As the leader of the conspiracy Aetigin was appointed to the post and the *wazir*, Muhazzabuddin, also a party to the arrangement, occupied a secondary position¹.