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	\|honorific_prefix = Amir al-Majlis [[Malik]]		\|honorific_prefix = Amir al-Majlis [[Malik]]
	\|name = Saifuddin Aibak		\|name = Saifuddin Aibak
			\|image=Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Malik Saif al-Din Aibak. AH 627-631 AD 1230-1233. Lakhnauti mudafat mint. Struck in the names Delhi sultan Shams al-Din Iltutmush and Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir, dated AH 628 (AD 1230-1).jpg
			\|caption=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 (Baghdad)\|al-Mustansir]], dated AH 628 (AD 1230-1).
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	\|honorific_suffix = Yughantat		\|honorific_suffix = Yughantat
	\|monarch = [[Iltutmish]]		\|monarch = [[Iltutmish]]
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	'''Malik ~~Saifuddin~~ Aibak Yughantat''' ({{lang-bn\|মালিক সাইফুদ্দীন আইবক}}, {{lang-fa\|سیف الدین آیبک}}) was a governor of [[Bengal]] ([[Gauda (city)\|Lakhnauti]]) under the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)\|Mamluk dynasty of Delhi]] from 1232 to 1236. He was the first of the slave-officers to govern Bengal.<ref>{{cite book\|title=When Slaves were Nobles: The Shamsi Bandagan in the Early Delhi Sultanate\|last=Kumar\|first=Sunil\|publisher=[[University of Delhi]]\|year=1994}}</ref>		'''Malik Saif ad-Dīn Aibak Yughantat''' ({{lang-bn\|মালিক সাইফুদ্দীন আইবক}}, {{lang-fa\|سیف الدین آیبک}}) was a governor of [[Bengal]] ([[Gauda (city)\|Lakhnauti]]) under the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)\|Mamluk dynasty of Delhi]] from 1232 to 1236. He was the first of the slave-officers to govern Bengal.<ref>{{cite book\|title=When Slaves were Nobles: The Shamsi Bandagan in the Early Delhi Sultanate\|last=Kumar\|first=Sunil\|publisher=[[University of Delhi]]\|year=1994}}</ref>

	==~~Biography~~==		==Early life==
	Aibak was a [[Khitan people\|Khitan]] of the [[Turco-Persian tradition]]. He was purchased as a slave by [[Iltutmish]] from the heirs of Ikhtiyar ad-Din Chust Qaba. Through his hard work and efforts, he managed to rise through the ranks, becoming the more powerful amongst the Maliks and titled Amir al-Majlis. He was given the [[iqta']] of 28 [[wilayat]] in [[Sirsa\|Sursuti]] by 1227.<ref name=siraj>{{cite book\|author=Minhaj Siraj\|title=Tabaqat-i-Nasiri\|editor1=W. Nassau Lees\|editor2=Maulawi Khadim Hosain\|editor3=Abd al-Hai\|location=[[Calcutta]]\|year=1864\|pages=238–248}}</ref> He was later stationed in [[Bihar]]. After the dismissal of [[Alauddin Jani]], the Sultan appointed Aibak to be the next governor of Bengal. During his governorship, Aibak took on an expedition to [[South Bengal]] with the intention of capturing elephants. His expedition was successful, capturing a number of elephants, and dispatching several of them to the Sultan. [[Iltutmish]] was pleased with Aibak and conferred him the title of "Yughantat".<ref>{{cite Banglapedia\|article=Malik Saifuddin Aibak\|author=ABM Shamsuddin Ahmed}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাস: মধ্যযুগ\|language=bn\|last=Mandal\|first=Sushila\|publisher=Prakash Mandir\|year=1963}}</ref> Aibak married his daughter to Malik Qamaruddin Kiran Timur Khan.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socio-Cultural Life of the Shamsi Nobles\|last=Shahnawaz\|first=Fazeela\|year=2014\|publisher=Anamika Publishers}}</ref>		Aibak was a [[Khitan people\|Khitan]] of the [[Turco-Persian tradition]]. He was purchased as a slave by [[Iltutmish]] from the heirs of Ikhtiyar ad-Din Chust Qaba. Through his hard work and efforts, he managed to rise through the ranks, becoming the more powerful amongst the Maliks and titled Amir al-Majlis. He was given the [[iqta']] of 28 [[wilayat]] in [[Sirsa\|Sursuti]] by 1227.<ref name=siraj>{{cite book\|author=Minhaj Siraj\|title=Tabaqat-i-Nasiri\|editor1=W. Nassau Lees\|editor2=Maulawi Khadim Hosain\|editor3=Abd al-Hai\|location=[[Calcutta]]\|year=1864\|pages=238–248}}</ref> He was later stationed in [[Bihar]].

			==Governor of Bengal==
			After the dismissal of [[Alauddin Jani]], the Sultan appointed Aibak to be the next governor of Bengal. During his governorship, Aibak took on an expedition to [[South Bengal]] with the intention of capturing elephants. His expedition was successful, capturing a number of elephants, and dispatching several of them to the Sultan. [[Iltutmish]] was pleased with Aibak and conferred him the title of "Yughantat".<ref>{{cite Banglapedia\|article=Malik Saifuddin Aibak\|author=ABM Shamsuddin Ahmed}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাস: মধ্যযুগ\|language=bn\|last=Mandal\|first=Sushila\|publisher=Prakash Mandir\|year=1963}}</ref> Aibak married his daughter to Malik Qamaruddin Kiran Timur Khan.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socio-Cultural Life of the Shamsi Nobles\|last=Shahnawaz\|first=Fazeela\|year=2014\|publisher=Anamika Publishers}}</ref>

			==Death==
	It is said that he was assassinated or poisoned in April 1236 AD by a rebellious courtier named [[Awar Khan Aibak]]. Awar Khan was quickly defeated and Sultan [[Iltutmish]] commanded [[Tughral Tughan Khan]], who had succeeded Saifuddin in Bihar, to succeed as governor of Bengal following Saifuddin's death.<ref>[http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBengal.htm King Lists, Bengal (History Files)]</ref>		It is said that he was assassinated or poisoned in April 1236 AD by a rebellious courtier named [[Awar Khan Aibak]]. Awar Khan was quickly defeated and Sultan [[Iltutmish]] commanded [[Tughral Tughan Khan]], who had succeeded Saifuddin in Bihar, to succeed as governor of Bengal following Saifuddin's death.<ref>[http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBengal.htm King Lists, Bengal (History Files)]</ref>

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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix = Amir al-Majlis [[Malik]]
|name = Saifuddin Aibak
|honorific_suffix = Yughantat
|monarch = [[Iltutmish]]
|office = Governor of Bihar
|term = -1232
|predecessor=
|successor= [[Tughral Tughan Khan]]
|office3 = Governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti)
|term3 = 1232-1236
|predecessor3 = [[Alauddin Jani]]
|successor3 = [[Awor Khan Aibak]] (usurper), [[Tughral Tughan Khan]]
|relatives = Qamaruddin Kiran Timur Khan (son-in-law)
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'''Malik Saifuddin Aibak Yughantat''' ({{lang-bn|মালিক সাইফুদ্দীন আইবক}}, {{lang-fa|سیف الدین آیبک}}) was a governor of [[Bengal]] ([[Gauda (city)|Lakhnauti]]) under the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)|Mamluk dynasty of Delhi]] from 1232 to 1236. He was the first of the slave-officers to govern Bengal.<ref>{{cite book|title=When Slaves were Nobles: The Shamsi Bandagan in the Early Delhi Sultanate|last=Kumar|first=Sunil|publisher=[[University of Delhi]]|year=1994}}</ref>

==Biography==
Aibak was a [[Khitan people|Khitan]] of the [[Turco-Persian tradition]]. He was purchased as a slave by [[Iltutmish]] from the heirs of Ikhtiyar ad-Din Chust Qaba. Through his hard work and efforts, he managed to rise through the ranks, becoming the more powerful amongst the Maliks and titled Amir al-Majlis. He was given the [[iqta']] of 28 [[wilayat]] in [[Sirsa|Sursuti]] by 1227.<ref name=siraj>{{cite book|author=Minhaj Siraj|title=Tabaqat-i-Nasiri|editor1=W. Nassau Lees|editor2=Maulawi Khadim Hosain|editor3=Abd al-Hai|location=[[Calcutta]]|year=1864|pages=238–248}}</ref> He was later stationed in [[Bihar]]. After the dismissal of [[Alauddin Jani]], the Sultan appointed Aibak to be the next governor of Bengal. During his governorship, Aibak took on an expedition to [[South Bengal]] with the intention of capturing elephants. His expedition was successful, capturing a number of elephants, and dispatching several of them to the Sultan. [[Iltutmish]] was pleased with Aibak and conferred him the title of "Yughantat".<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Malik Saifuddin Aibak|author=ABM Shamsuddin Ahmed}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাস: মধ্যযুগ|language=bn|last=Mandal|first=Sushila|publisher=Prakash Mandir|year=1963}}</ref> Aibak married his daughter to Malik Qamaruddin Kiran Timur Khan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Socio-Cultural Life of the Shamsi Nobles|last=Shahnawaz|first=Fazeela|year=2014|publisher=Anamika Publishers}}</ref>

It is said that he was assassinated or poisoned in April 1236 AD by a rebellious courtier named [[Awar Khan Aibak]]. Awar Khan was quickly defeated and Sultan [[Iltutmish]] commanded [[Tughral Tughan Khan]], who had succeeded Saifuddin in Bihar, to succeed as governor of Bengal following Saifuddin's death.<ref>[http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBengal.htm King Lists, Bengal (History Files)]</ref>

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before=[[Alauddin Jani]]|
title=[[List of rulers of Bengal|Mamluk Sultanate Governor of Lakhnauti]]|
years=1233-1236|
after=[[Awar Khan Aibak]] (usurper), [[Tughral Tughan Khan]]}}
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==See also==
*[[List of rulers of Bengal]]
*[[History of Bengal]]
*[[History of Bangladesh]]
*[[History of India]]

==References==
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