Minhaj-i-Siraj was a chronicler during the rule of ________.

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  1. Sultan Iltutmish 
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  • Minhaj-i-Siraj 
    • Minhaj-al-Din Siraj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, also known as Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), was a Persian historian who lived in the 13th century.
    • He was born in the Ghur district. Juzjani moved to Ucch and then to Delhi in 1227.
    • The main historian for the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India was Juzjani. and discussed the Ghurid dynasty.
    • Also, he penned the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Delhi's Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah. After 1266, he passed away.

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  •  Sultan Iltutmish 
    • The third Mamluk king to oversee the erstwhile Ghurid lands in northern India was Shams ud-Din Iltutmish.
    • He is regarded as the de facto founder of the Delhi Sultanate because he was the first Muslim ruler to do so from Delhi.
    • Iltutmish was sold into slavery as a young child and spent his early years in Bukhara and Ghazni working for many owners.
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