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    Qutb ud-Din Aibak (Persian: قطب‌الدین ایبک; 1150 – 14 November 1210) was a Turkic general of the Ghurid emperor Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori. He was in...
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    al-Din Yildiz to Qutb ud-Din Aibak and Nasir ad-Din Qabacha. Further, two daughters of Aibak were married to Qabacha. This policy was continued by Aibak...
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  • 1199 and 1503. It is usually thought that the tower is named for Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who began it. It is also possible that it is named after Khwaja Qutbuddin...
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    slave-commander Qutb ud-Din Aibak purchased him in Delhi, thus making him the slave of a slave. Iltutmish rose to prominence in Aibak's service, and was...
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    India, and the oldest surviving monument in Ajmer. Commissioned by Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak in 1192 CE and designed by Abu Bakr of Herat, the mosque is an example...
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    murdered by Jalal-ud-Din Khalji, a nobleman who then established the Khalji dynasty. The Mamluk dynasty was founded by Qutb ud-Din Aibak, a Turkic Mamluk...
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    religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty...
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    slave-generals of Muhammad Ghori, including Taj al-Din Yildiz, Qutb ud-Din Aibak, Bahauddin Tughril and Nasir ad-Din Qabacha, that had inherited and divided the...
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  • several centuries under the evolving Delhi Sultanate established by Qutb ud-Din Aibak. In the 19th century some European scholars, such as Mountstuart Elphinstone...
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    Razia Sultana (redirect from Raziyat-ud-din)
    slave (mamluk) of his predecessor Qutb ud-Din Aibak. Razia's mother – Turkan Khatun was a daughter of Qutb ud-Din Aibak, and the chief wife of Iltutmish...
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  • Jatwan was a chieftain of present-day Haryana who rebelled against Qutb ud-Din Aibak of the Delhi Sultanate in 1192 CE. He finds a mention in Hasan Nizami's...
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    briefly held the throne from Lahore after the unexpected death of Qutb ud-Din Aibak before being defeated and dethroned by Iltutmish who began ruling...
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  • Qutb ad-Din or Qutb-ud-Din (Arabic: قطب‌ الدین, romanized: quṭb ad-dīn; ALA-LC: Quṭb al-Dīn) is an Arabic male given name translated as 'the pivot of...
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    expedition conducted by the Ghurid Empire under the leadership of Qutb-ud-din Aibak and Iltutmish against the Chandelas of Jejakabhukti in 1203. During...
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  • vast empire was divided amongst his Turkic slaves. Most notably: Qutb ud-Din Aibak became ruler of Lahore in 1206, establishing the Delhi Sultanate,...
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    would go on to become a part of the Delhi Sultanate, first under Qutb ud-Din Aibak and later under Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Later it was a capital of the...
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  • power over the next few years, but was defeated by the Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak around 1202–03 CE. Paramardi's Bateshvar inscription suggests that...
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    Ghurid Empire soon evolved into the Delhi Sultanate in 1206, ruled by Qutb ud-Din Aibak, the founder of the Mamluk dynasty. With the Delhi Sultanate established...
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    mosque built by Qutb al-Din Aibak. He also started the construction of the Alai Minar, which was intended to be double to size of the Qutb Minar, but the...
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    increased Bakhtiyar's fame and many Khaljis joined in his service. Qutb ud-Din Aibak also honoured him. Khalji was head of the Ghurid military force that...
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    Din; nihari of Waris and siri paye of Nasir. The mausoleum of Sultan Qutb ud-Din Aibak of Mamluk Sultanate is also located in Anarkali Bazaar. In the early...
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    Ghurids conquered large portions of Northern India. Turkic general Qutb ud-Din Aibak declared his independence from the Ghurid Empire and founded the Delhi...
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    until conquered by Qutb-ud-din Aibak. The first authentic historical event connected with it, however, was its capture by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1196, after...
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    Ghurids under Qutb ud-Din Aibak captured Gwalior after defeating Sulakshanapala, the King of Kachchhapaghata. Sulakshanapala surrendered to Aibak, which led...
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    slave dynasty Qutb-ud-din Aibak. He was obsessed by the fellowship of his master Mahmud Ghori the tyrant. On 1194 CE Qutb-ud-din Aibak entrusted his nomadic...
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    Khokhars were routed after Qutb ud-Din Aibak or Illtutmish arrived with a contingent from Lahore. After the battle, Mu'izz al-Din ordered a general massacre...
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  • send Hossain back to him. Ghori sends Qutb ud-Din Aibak to Ajmer. Prithviraj rejects Ghori's demand. As Aibak warns him, Prithviraj accepts the demand...
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    of India, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, attacked and occupied Ghazni, but was defeated by Yildiz forty days later. In 1214, Yildiz killed Ala al-Din Atsiz, and...
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  • Nizami wrote of a delegation of muqaddams offering gifts to Sultan Qutb ud-Din Aibak. Muqaddams were tasked with revenue collection in the areas under...
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    a transformative evolution in the 12th century under the reign of Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak. Mayo College: The college was founded in 1875 at the suggestion of...
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