 In the Delhi Sultanate period prior to the rise of the Mughals in India, Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut was a prominent Siddi slave-turned-nobleman who was a close confidant of Razia Sultana (1205–1240 CE).Although this is disputed, he may also have been her lover, but contemporary sources do not indicate that this was necessarily the case.Siddis were also brought as slaves by the Deccan Sultanates.