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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 | '''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> | ||
== | ==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]]. | 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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