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Nasir ad-Din Qabacha

d. 1228 · 13th century · Also known as Nasiruddin Qabacha, Nasir al-Din Qabacha, Qabacha

Nasir al-Din Qabacha was a Turkic slave commander of the Ghurids who made himself ruler of Multan and Uch in Sindh after the death of Muhammad of Ghor in 1206. A rival of the Delhi sultan Iltutmish, he held out for two decades, but when Iltutmish besieged Uch in 1228 he drowned in the Indus while fleeing.

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