Tu rkan-i Chihilgani

 Iltutmish (1210-1236 AD) was the third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi of Turkic origin. He constituted a corp of 40 loyal slaves Amirs Known as Turkan-i-Chihalgani. A select body of Turkish nobility originally slaves of Iltumish which came into existence during the period of litumish to be destroyed by Balban later.

The Corps of Forty also known as Dal Chalisa or Turkan-i-Chahalgami was the council of 40 Turkic and nonTurkic slave emirs who administered the Delhi Sultanate as per the wishes of the sultan. It was the first regular ministerial body in the history of Indian subcontinent.

Althlongh all power was vested in the sultan, as the head of state, head of government, commander of the sultanate’s armies and the final decision-maker in the judicial system, he needed help ruling his kingdom effectively. It was initially formed by Qutb al-Din Aibak and later modified by Titumish. After Itutmish’s death, the balance of power shifted and the sultan became a puppet of these emirs.

They would enthrone and depose Ilutmish’s children and grandchildren, often murdering them when they proved troublesome.  It would take a brutal man like Sultan Balban, one of Iltutmish’s slaves and former member of the Corps, to break the power of the emirs and restore the power and stature of the sultan.

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