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          Qutb ud-Din Aibak

          Ghurid general and ruler in India

          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 charge of the Ghurid territories in northern India, and after Muhammad Ghori's assassination in 1206, he established his own independent rule in Lahore, and laid the foundations for the Sultanate of Delhi.

          A native of Turkestan, Aibak was sold into slavery as a child.

          He was purchased by a Qazi at Nishapur in Persia, where he learned archery and horse-riding among other skills.

          Qutubuddin aibak famous for

          He was subsequently resold to Muhammad Ghori in Ghazni, where he rose to the position of the officer of the royal stables. During the Khwarazmian-Ghurid wars, he was captured by the scouts of Sultan Shah; after the Ghurid victory, he was released and highly favoured by Muhammad Ghori.

          After the Ghurid victory in the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, Muhammad Ghori made Aibak in charge of his Indian t