The Turkan-i-Chihalgani, also known as the 'Corps of Forty', was a group of loyal Turkish nobles formed by Iltutmish to administer the Sultanate.
Who among the following Sultans succeeded in finally breaking and destroying the power of Turkan-i-Chihalgani?
Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2020 · Topic: Delhi Sultanate: Administration (Administrative Reforms under Key Sultans (Alauddin Khalji, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Firuz Shah Tughlaq))
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