Ghiyas ud din Balban (reigned: 1266–1287) (Urdu: غیاث الدین بلبن) was the ninth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty.Ghyias ud Din was the vizier and heir of the last Shamsi sultan Nasir ud-din. He reduced the power of the treacherous nobility and heightened the stature of the sultan.
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