Alauddin Masood Shah bin Rukhuddin Firuz Shah bin Shamsuddin Iltumish (Persian: علاء الدین مسعود شاه; died 10 June 1246) was the seventh sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.After his predecessor and uncle Muiz ud-Din Bahram was murdered by the army in 1242 after years of disorder, the chiefs chose for him to become the next ruler of Delhi.By 1246, the chiefs became upset with his increasing hunger for more power in the government, and executed him, replacing him with Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah.Gold, Silver and Billon coins are known for Ala ud-Din Masud Shah.This biography of a member of an Indian royal house is a stub.
Photograph of an Indian miniature painting depicting Masud Shah of the Mamluk Sultanate, published in
Tawarikh-i-Ghuri
by Munshi Bulaqi Das Sahib (1881)
