The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.125

v3.c20.125

The body of the murdered sultan was carried to Ghaznī and there buried. His nominal successor was ‘Alā-ud-dīn, of the Bāmiyān branch of his family, who was almost immediately supplanted by Mahmūd, the son of Ghiyās-ud-dīn, but these princes were mere pageants, and the real successors were the provincial viceroys, Tāj-ud-dīn Yildiz, governor of Kirmān, and Qutb-ud-dīn Aibak, who assumed the title of Sultan at his master's death and was acknowledged as sovereign by Ikhtiyār-ud-dīn of Bengal and by Nāsir-ud-dīn Qabācha who, having distinguished himself at the disastrous battle of Andkhūī, had in 1205 been appointed governor of Multān and Uch, and had married Aibak’s daughter.