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Sultan Ghiyasu-d Balban was a man of experience in matters of government.

— Ghiyas ud din Balban

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In the administration of justice he was inflexible, showing no favour to his brethren or children, to his associates or attendants.

Sultan Balban, while he was a Khan, was addicted to wine drinking.

It is true that Balban also made detailed enquiries about the families of all his officers. He refused to grant audience to a low-born officer (Amir-i-Bazariyan) for “granting him an interview would reduce the status of the king in the eyes of the common people and diminish the prestige of the throne”.

In the year of his accession, the Sultan felt the repression of the Miwdttis to be the first of his duties, and for a whole year he was occupied in overthrowing them and in scouring the jungles, which he effectually accomplished. Great numbers of Miwdttis were put to the sword.

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