Question

The Sultan who called himself Naib-i-Khudai or Deputy of God, was----------.
A. Iltutmish
B. Alauddin Khilji
C. Balban
D. Ghiasuddin Tughlaq

Answer 1

Hint:
Balban’s reign was 1266–1287, he belongs to the Turkish slave of Iltutmish. The Balban’s full name was Ghiyāth-al-Dīn Balban. He was the ninth sultan of Delhi, by 1266, he assumed the title of Sultanate.

Complete Solution:
The Sultan who called himself Naib-i-Khudai or Deputy of God was Balban.
Balban believed that the king was God’s representative on the Earth and The theory of Kingship through which he ruled the empire,
According to Balban, Kingship was an institution of the Divine.
In his ideology, the King is sent by God to rule over the public, and it’s God’s choice to make him a king of Delhi Sultanate.
Balban believed that there is a relationship between the three:-
The God, the Sultan, and the people, it’s a triangular relationship. This helps us to understand that they believed in the existence of god and marked him as a superior authority. He believes himself as the representative of God on the earth and God sent him to look after the welfare of the people.

Hence, answer C is the right option.

Note: Balban ruled as the Sultan from 1265 to 1287. Balban succeeded by his older son named Prince Muhammad Khan and died in the battle against the Mongols on 9 March 1285.