He is also called Sulṭán Shihábu'ddín. After the capture of Ghazníṅn Aláu'ddín Ḥusayn Ghorí imprisoned Ghiyáṣu'ddín and Shihábu'ddín.

On his death, his son Sayfu'ddín came to the throne and by releasing them attached them to his person.

On the death of Sayfu'ddín in his campaign in I'ráḳ* he was succeeded by Ghiyáṣu'ddín. During his reign Shihábu'ddín led several expeditions into India, and the (defeat and) death of Prithví Rájá and the conquest of Hindustan occurring about this time, he left his slave Ḳutbu'ddín (Eibak) at Delhi as his representative. On the death of Ghiyáṣu'ddín, the throne was occupied by Shihábu'ddín who favoured the Turkish slaves. Among these was Táju'ddín Eldóz,* upon whom he bestowed the governments of Mekrán and Súrán which are dependencies of India.