The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.141

v3.c20.141

Iltutmish, as a good Muslim, had, while still employed in establishing his authority, sought from the ‘Abbasid Caliph of Baghdād confirmation of his title and he was gratified by the arrival, on February 8, 1229, of the Caliph’s envoy, who invested him with a robe of honour and delivered to him a patent which conveyed the Caliph’s recognition of his title as Sultan of India.