The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c16.s3.1

c16.s3.1

The new king was Iltutmish’s third son. He had been raised to the throne on the definite understanding that he would allow the Turkish *maliks* and *amirs* to exercise full power and that the king would only reign and not govern. He was also required to allow the Turkish nobles to nominate the king’s deputy, that is, *naib-i-mamlikat*, a new post created at the time. Ikhtiyar-ud-din Aeitigin was appointed to this high office. Muhazab-ud-din remained the *wazir*, but his post now sank definitely to secondary position. The supremacy of the Turkish military aristocracy was now complete.