Ikhtiyar al-Din explained

Ikhtiyar al-Din (Arabic: اختيار الدين |link=no Ikhtiyāru ’d-Dīn), meaning "appointed/ chosen of the Islamic religion/ faith/ creed". It may refer to:

• Ikhtiyar al-Din Ai-Taq (fl. 1161–1165), amir in western Khurasan following the decline of the Seljuks
• Ikhtiyar al-Din Hasan ibn Ghafras (died 1192), vizier of the Seljuk Sultan Kilij Arslan II
• Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah (fl. 1349–1352), sultan of Sonargaon
• Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji (died 1206), Afghan soldier
• Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak (fl. 1251–1257), ruler of Bengal
• Ikhtiyar al-Din also known as Igder – architect to Kublai Khan