Aram Shah
Автор:
Jesse Russell, 48 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5108-9868-2
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Aram Shah (1210–1211) was the second sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate (Slave Dynasty). The relationship of Aram with Qutb-ud-din Aibak (1206–1210) is a subject of controversy. According to some, he was Aibak's son, but Minhaj-us-Siraj distinctly writes that Qutub-ud-din only had three daughters. Abul Fazl has made the "astonishing statement" that he was the Sultan's brother. A modern writer has hazarded the opinion that "he was no relation of Qutub-ud-din" but was selected as his successor as he was available on the spot. In fact, there were no fixed rules governing the succession to the Crown in the Turkish State. It was determined largely by the exigencies of the moment and the influence of the Chihalgani or 'Corp of Forty'. The Chihalgani, who were the administrative and military elite of the Ilbari tribe, crowned him king thinking that he would be able to deal with the problems facing the Sultanate. Aram was ill-qualified to govern a...