Founded of the Mamluk Dynasty (1150-1210)
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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.
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 T…
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Qutbuddin Aibak's conquests (c. 1200-10) included Gwalior, parts of Bundelkhand, Ajmer, Ranthambhor, Anhilwara as well as parts of U.P. and Malwa.
The first of these bloody sultans, Kutb-d Din Aibak, was a normal specimen of his kind—fanatical, ferocious and merciless.
Qutb-ud-Din Aybak also is said to have destroyed nearly a thousand temples, and then raised mosques on their foundations.
The first thing the Muslim Sultanate of Delhi started on was construction of impressive buildings.
In 1195 when Raja Bhim was attacked by Aibak 20,000 slaves were captured, and 50,000 at Kalinjar in 1202.
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