Question

The first sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the khalifa was

Answer 1

Solution :-

The first Sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the Khalifa was Iltutmish.

The government established by the Turks was a compromise between Islamic Political Ideas and institutions on the one hand and the existing Rajput System of Government on the other. Consequently, many elements of the Rajput Political System with or without changes became part and parcel of the Turkish administration in India. Most of the Sultans kept up the pretence of regarding the Caliph as the legal sovereign while they themselves were the Caliph's representatives.

Three Sultans sought and secured a 'Mansur' or letter of investiture from the Caliph. The first among them was Iltutmish. The other two Sultans were Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and Firoz Tughlaq.

Answer 2

Iltutmish was the first Sultan to rule in India and obtained the letters from Khalifa for the investiture on request.

Explanation:

The letter of investiture are known as the Mansur. It was obtained by three Sultans all together, the others were Muhammad bin Tughlaq and the third was Firoz Tughlaq. It is actually an acceptance letter from the Caliphs which was first to have been requested and obtained from an Indian Sultan by Iltutmish.