{"id":"balban","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/balban","language":"en","name":"Balban","name_en":"Balban","name_ne":null,"description":"9th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate","headline":"9th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Al-Sultan al-Azam Ghiyath al-Dunya Wal Din Abu'l Muzaffar Balban al-Sultan, more famously known as Ghiyath al-Din Balban or simply Balban, was the ninth Mamluk sultan of Delhi. He had been the regent of the last Shamsi sultan, Mahmud, until the latter's death in 1266. On death of Sultan Mahmud, Balban became sultan and ruled Delhi. Balban consolidated the ruling set up of the empire. following which he declared himself sultan of Delhi.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1201","date":"1201"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374288#P569"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"13 January 1287","date":"1287-01-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374288#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Delhi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374288#P20"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Sultan of Hindustan (Sultan of Delhi) (18 February 1266 – 13 January 1287)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15501900","start":"1266-02-18","end":"1287-01-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374288#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balban","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374288"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Balban born?","a":"Balban was born on 1201."},{"q":"What positions has Balban held?","a":"Positions held by Balban include: Sultan of Hindustan (Sultan of Delhi) (1266–1287)."}],"related":[{"name":"Qutb ud-Din Aibak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/qutb-ud-din-aibak"},{"name":"Iltutmish","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/iltutmish"},{"name":"Muiz ud din Bahram","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muiz-ud-din-bahram"},{"name":"Ibrahim Khan Lodi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ibrahim-khan-lodi"},{"name":"Razia Sultan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/razia-sultan"},{"name":"Mahmud I of Delhi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahmud-i-of-delhi"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/balban-90537d1522.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Varun Shiv Kapur","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grave_in_Balban%27s_tomb_enclosure.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Balban","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balban","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q374288","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374288","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Grave in Balban's tomb enclosure.jpg by Varun Shiv Kapur (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grave_in_Balban%27s_tomb_enclosure.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Balban, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Grave in Balban's tomb enclosure.jpg — Varun Shiv Kapur, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Balban\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/balban. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:41:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/balban","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/balban","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/balban?lang=ne"}}