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Delhi sultanate
IndiaIn India: Consolidation of the sultanate
…came to be known as the Forty (Chihilgān), a political faction whose membership was characterized by talent and by loyalty to the family of Iltutmish.
Shams-ud-din Iltutmish or Altamash (1167-1236) after ascending to the throne, realised that Turkish nobles were not trustworthy and could conspire against him to overthrow his rule. Therefore, he had a group of faithful slaves to protect him. This group was known as Amir-i-Chahalgani, or The Forty.
council of forty Turkish nobles was established to help the monarch in the exercise of their administrative and political authority. This council was composed of the slaves who were well trained in administrative, political and military spheres.
Sultan Razia destroyed the group of forty nobles.