  the mamluk dynasty (sometimes referred as slave dynasty or ghulam dynasty) (, hindi: à¤à¤¼à¥à¤²à¤¾à¤® à¤à¤¼à¤¾à¤¨à¤¦à¤¾à¤¨) was directed into northern india by qutb-ud-din aybak, a turkic general from central asia. it was the first of five unrelated dynasties to rule india's delhi sultanate from 1206 to 1290.walsh, pp. 68-70anzalone, p. 100 aybak's tenure as a ghurid dynasty administrator ranged between 1192 to 1206, a period during which he led invasions into the gangetic heartland of india and established control over some of the new areas. ==history==  mamluk, literally meaning owned, was a soldier of slave origin who had converted to islam. the phenomenon started in the 9th century and gradually the mamluks became a powerful military caste in various muslim societies. mamluks held political and military power most notably in egypt, but also in the levant, iraq, and india. in 1206, muhammad of ghor was assassinated.george f. nafziger, mark w. walton, islam at war: a history, (praeger publishers, 2003), 56. since he had no children, his empire split into minor sultanates led by his former mamluk generals. taj-ud-din yildoz became the ruler of ghazni. mohammad bin bakhtiyar khilji got bengal. nasir-ud-din qabacha became the sultan of multan. qutub-ud-din-aybak became the sultan of delhi, and that was the beginning of the slave dynasty. aybak rose to power when a ghorid superior was assassinated.walsh, p. 70 however, his reign as the sultan of delhi was
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