Amir al-Majlis Malik Saifuddin Aibak Yughantat | |
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.jpg) 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) |
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]
- ^ Kumar, Sunil (1994). When Slaves were Nobles: The Shamsi Bandagan in the Early Delhi Sultanate. University of Delhi.