High Middle Ages · South Asia · Politics

1213

Iltutmish receives Abbasid caliphal recognition

1213

The sultan of Delhi received an investiture robe and diploma from the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, formally legitimizing his rule in the eyes of the Islamic world. The gesture cost Baghdad nothing but gave Iltutmish a powerful weapon against rival Turkish commanders who questioned his slave origins. The caliphal endorsement allowed Iltutmish to strike coins in the caliph's name and silence dissent at court.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: 1210: Yadava dynasty dominates the Deccan
After: 1217: Sinhalese kingdom retreats to Dambadeniya

Before and after in Politics

Before: 1210: Yadava dynasty dominates the Deccan
After: June 15, 1215: Magna Carta sealed at Runnymede

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.