Shams ud-Din Kayumars (; 1285 – 13 June 1290) was the eleventh
sultan of Delhi, and a son of
Muiz ud-Din Qaiqabad (a grandson of
Balban).
Life
His father
Muiz ud din Qaiqabad was murdered by a
Khalji noble,
Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji, during the
Khalji Revolution. Jalal ud-Din assumed the throne after murdering Kayumars, ending the Mamluk dynasty and starting the Khalji dynasty.
By that time Qaiqabad was struck down with paralysis and the Turkic nobles had raised his three-year-old son Kayumars to the throne as the
Sultan
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See also
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Muslim history
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History of India
Anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. The earliest known human remains in South Asia date to 30,000 years ago. Sedentism, Sedentariness began in South Asia around 7000 BCE; ...
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List of Indian monarchs
References
External links
India Through the Ages
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Sultans of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)
Child monarchs from Asia
Monarchs deposed as children
13th century in India
Indian Sunni Muslims
13th-century Indian monarchs
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