Question

What is remarkable about the ascension of Qutubuddin Aibak to power?

• A. He was a poet who became a ruler
• B. He was a clerk who became a ruler
• C. He was a cook who became a ruler
• D. He was a slave who became a ruler

Answer 1

The correct option is D He was a slave who became a ruler

Qutubuddin Aibak was a slave. He was given control of the territories that Muhammad Ghuri had conquered in the Indian subcontinent. After the death of Muhammad Ghuri, he established his own rule.