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# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:27:52.972Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/qutb-al-din-aibak"
name: "Qutb al-Din Aibak"
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description: "He was sold into slavery as a child in Turkestan, learned archery in a Persian courtyard, and died the sultan who laid the groundwork for three centuries of Muslim rule over northern India."
tagline: "Founded of the Mamluk Dynasty (1150-1210)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tomb_of_Sultan_Qutb_al-Din_Aibak.jpg"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1150"
deathDate: "1210-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           22.91612133333334
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  profileCompleteness:  60
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Qutb al-Din Aibak was born in Turkestan in 1150 and sold into slavery young, passing from a qazi in Nishapur—where he trained in archery and horsemanship—to Muhammad Ghori in Ghazni, under whom he rose to oversee the royal stables. Captured during the Khwarazmian-Ghurid wars and later released, he earned Ghori's favor and was placed in command of Indian territories after the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, from which he expanded Ghurid reach by raiding the Chahamana, Gahadavala, Chaulukya, and Chandela kingdoms. When Ghori was assassinated in March 1206, Aibak fought the rival slave-general Taj al-Din Yildiz, pushed as far as Ghazni, then pulled back to establish his capital at Lahore under nominal allegiance to Ghori's successor. He died on 4 November 1210; his son-in-law Iltutmish inherited the patchwork and forged it into the Delhi Sultanate. The Qutb Minar and the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra remain his commissioned monuments.