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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Muiz ud din
| image        = Bahmram Shah.jpg
| caption      = Bull & Horesman Type Jital of Bahram Shah
| reign        = 20 April 1240 – 15 May 1242
| coronation   = 21 April 1240
| full name    = Muiz ud din Bahram
| predecessor  = [[Razia Sultana]]
| successor    = [[Ala ud din Masud]]
| spouse       =
| issue        =
| royal house  =
| dynasty      = Mamluk dynasty
| father       = [[Iltutmish]]
| mother       =
| birth_date   = 9 July 1212
| birth_place  = [[Delhi]]
| death_date   = 15 May 1242 (aged 29)
| death_place  =
| date of burial =
| place of burial = [[Sultan Ghari]], [[Delhi]]
| religion     = [[Islam]]
| succession   = 6th [[Delhi Sultanate|Sultan of Delhi]]
| title        = 'Sultan'
}}
'''Muiz ud-Din Bahram''' ({{langx|fa|{{nq|معز الدین بهرام}}}}; 9 July 1212 – 15 May 1242) was the sixth sultan of the [[Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)|Mamluk Dynasty]].
== Life ==
He was the son of [[Shams ud din Iltutmish]] (1211–36) and the half-brother of [[Razia Sultana|Razia Sultan]] (1236–40).<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=74–76}}</ref> While his sister was imprisoned in [[Bathinda]] by subedar Malik Altunia (both Altunia and Bahram Shah planned conspiracy against Razia Sultan) he declared himself the king with the support of forty chiefs. Even so, during Muiz ud din Bahram's two years as king, the chiefs that had originally supported him became disordered and constantly bickered among each other. It was during this period of unrest that he was murdered by his own army in 1242 (died 15 May 1242). After his death, he was succeeded by his nephew [[Ala ud din Masud]], a son of his half-brother [[Rukn ud din Firuz]].
[[Ögedei Khan]] of the [[Mongol Empire]] appointed Dayir commander of [[Ghazni]] and Menggetu commander in [[Kunduz]]. In winter 1241 the Mongol force invaded the [[Indus valley]] and besieged [[Lahore]]. Dayir died storming the town, however, on 30 December 1241, and the Mongols butchered the town before withdrawing from the [[Delhi Sultanate]].<ref>Islamic Culture Board-Islamic culture, p.256</ref> The sultan was too weak to take step against them. The "Forty Chiefs" besieged him in the White Fort of Delhi and put him to death.
[[File:Photograph of an Indian miniature painting depicting Bahram Shah of the Mamluk Sultanate, published in 'Tawarikh-i-Ghuri' by Munshi Bulaqi Das Sahib (1881).jpg|thumb|Photograph of an Indian miniature painting depicting Bahram Shah of the Mamluk Sultanate, published in ''Tawarikh-i-Ghuri'' by Munshi Bulaqi Das Sahib (1881)]]
After the death of Razia Sultan (1240) the forty chiefs decided to put Iltutmish's third Son Bahram shah on the throne. He was put on throne on 21 April 1240 at Lal Mahal but after some time the 40 chiefs decided to take all the power of Bahram shah in their hands. At that time the Minister was Muhajbuddin, so in this way there was three rulers of that dynasty. Muiz ud din Bahram built a [[mosque]] in [[Delhi]] during his reign.
==See also==
*[[Mamluk dynasty of Delhi|Mamluk dynasty]]
*[[History of India]]
*[[Islamic history]]
*[[List of Indian monarchs]]
*[[Bathinda]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01368/web/html_slave_pg-2.html India Through the Ages]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060210033417/http://www.amritworld.com/slave_dynasty.html The Slave Dynasty]
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