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Saifuddin Aibak
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Malik Saif ad-Dīn Aibak Yughantat (Bengali: মালিক সাইফুদ্দীন আইবক, Persian: سیف الدین آیبک) was a governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi from 1232 to 1236. He was the first of the slave-officers to govern Bengal.[1]
Quick Facts Amir al-Majlis MalikYughantat, Governor of Bihar ...
Amir al-Majlis Malik Saifuddin Aibak Yughantat | |
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![]() Coinage of Malik Saif al-Din Aibak. Lakhnauti mudafat mint. Struck in the names Delhi sultan Shams al-Din Iltutmush and Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir, dated AH 628 (AD 1230-1). | |
Governor of Bihar | |
In office -1232 | |
Monarch | Iltutmish |
Succeeded by | Tughral Tughan Khan |
Governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) | |
In office 1232-1236 | |
Preceded by | Alauddin Jani |
Succeeded by | Awor Khan Aibak (usurper), Tughral Tughan Khan |
Personal details | |
Relatives | Qamaruddin Kiran Timur Khan (son-in-law) |
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