Shams ud-Din Kayumars | |
Shamsuddin II | |
Succession: | 11th Sultan of Delhi |
Reign: | 1 February 1290 – 13 June 1290 |
Predecessor: | Muiz ud-Din Qaiqabad |
Successor: | Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji |
Dynasty: | Mamluk |
Father: | Muiz ud-Din Qaiqabad |
Death Date: | 13 June 1290 (aged c. 4–5) |
Death Place: | Delhi, Delhi Sultanate |
Religion: | Islam |
Shams ud-Din Kayumars (Persian: {{nq|شمس الدین کیومرث), also known by his regnal name, Shamsuddin II[1] (Persian: {{nq|شمس الدین دوم; c. 1285 – 13 June 1290, reigned in 1290) was a son of Muiz ud-Din Qaiqabad, the eleventh sultan of the Mamluk dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
His father Muiz ud din Qaiqabad is said to have been murdered by a Khalji noble, Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji. Khalji assumed the throne after murdering Kayumars, ending the Mamluk dynasty and starting the Khalji dynasty.[2] By that time Qaiqabad was struck down with paralysis and the Turkic nobles had raised his three-year-old son Kayumars to the throne as the Sultan.