ABSTRACT
The contemporary historians writing in Persian language had divided the Turkish rulers by dynasties. The power of the non-Turkish nobility increased due to their presence and as a result there were many Turkish slaves among the nobility of Iltutmish and these slaves were holding a large number of iqtas. The murder of Naib-ul Mulk Qutubuddin Hasan in June 1255 may be taken as the height of the position of the Turkish Maliks. Imaduddin Raihan a Muslim of Indian descent was giving orders which was unbearable to the others, because the Turkish, slaves and Ghurid and Khalji nobles considered these as their prerogative. In 1260 on the pressure of some Indian Muslims and some Turkish officials the Sultan gave order to remove Balban and his brother from their posts. The Chauhans of Jalore in the south-west declared their independence by repudiating Turkish terms.
