Qutb al-Din Aibak

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former slave founder of dynasty historical figure military commander sultan

Qutb al-Din Aibak was a former slave-commander who founded the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty in northern India and initiated the construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi.

Aliases (2)

Qutb-ud-din Aibak ×3
Qutubuddin Aibak ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former slave → founder of dynasty → historical figure → military commander → sultan →
allegiance	Ghurid Empire →
alsoKnownAs	Qutb-ud-din Aibak → Qutubuddin Aibak →
architecturalLegacy	early Indo-Islamic architecture in Delhi →
associatedWith	Ghurid conquests in India → Mamluk (Slave) dynasty →
birthPlace	Ghurid territories in Central Asia →
burialPlace	Lahore NERFINISHED →
capital	Delhi →
causeOfDeath	fall from a horse while playing polo →
commissioned	Qutub Minar → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi →
countryRuled	Delhi Sultanate →
deathDate	1210 →
deathPlace	Lahore NERFINISHED →
dynastyFounded	Mamluk dynasty of Delhi → Slave dynasty of Delhi →
ethnicity	Turkic →
governmentForm	sultanate →
historicalPeriod	13th century → early Delhi Sultanate →
languageOfRecord	Persian →
mannerOfDeath	accidental death →
militaryRank	commander →
name	Qutb al-Din Aibak →
notableFor	being a former slave who became sultan → founding the Delhi Sultanate’s Mamluk dynasty →
notableWork	initiation of Qutub Minar construction →
positionHeld	Sultan of Delhi → slave-commander under Muhammad of Ghor → viceroy of northern India for the Ghurids →
predecessor	Muhammad of Ghor →
regionOfActivity	Delhi → Lahore NERFINISHED → Northern India →
reignEnd	1210 →
reignStart	1206 →
religion	Islam →
religiousBranch	Sunni Islam →
successor	Aram Shah →
title	Malik → Sultan →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Qutb al-Din Aibak ("Qutubuddin Aibak") → Qutb al-Din Aibak ("Qutb-ud-din Aibak") →	alsoKnownAs
Delhi Sultanate → Mamluk dynasty of Delhi →	firstRuler
Qutb Minar ("Qutb-ud-din Aibak") →	builtBy
Mamluk dynasty of Delhi →	foundedBy
Qutb al-Din Aibak →	name
Qutb Minar ("Qutb-ud-din Aibak") →	namedAfter
Mamluk dynasty of Delhi →	notableRuler
Iltutmish →	predecessor