Ghiyasuddin Balban (1200 – 1287) was a Turkic ruler of the Delhi Sultanate during the Mamluk dynasty
(or Slave dynasty) from 1266 to 1287. He was son of a Turkish noble of the Ilbari tribe, but as a child was captured by Mongols and sold as a slave. he was bought by Sultan Iltutmish who at the orders of his own master, Qutbuddin Aibak, released him from slavery and brought him up in a manner befitting a prince.
Sultan Balban ascended the throne in 1266 at the age of sixty with the title of Ghyas ud din Balban.
His successors were weak and incompetent and the throne was eventually captured by Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji in 1290, bringing an end to the Slave dynasty.
