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Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak
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Also Known As Quṭb-al-Dīn Aybak
Born 1150
Died 1210 (aged 60)
Title / Office king (1206-1210), Ghūrid sultanate

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Delhi: Quṭb Mīnār complex
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Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām
Ghūrid ruler of India
Cariappa, Kodandera Madappa
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
Indian military officer
Mangal Pandey
Mangal Pandey
Indian soldier
Hyder Ali
emperor of India
Sirāj al-Dawlah
Indian ruler
Muḥammad Shah
Mughal emperor
Tippu Sultan: Daria Daulat Bagh
Tippu Sultan
sultan of Mysore
Richard S. Ewell
Confederate general
James Fannin
American military figure
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Isaac Stevens
governor of Washington Territory, United States
Walter Campbell Short
United States Army officer
Gordon Gray
United States government official
William B. Travis
United States military officer
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Heydar Aliyev
president of Azerbaijan
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician

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