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With which of the following Indian rulers is the Slave dynasty associated?

  1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak

  2. Aurangzeb

  3. Ashoka

  4. Harsha
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Qutb-ud-din Aibak founded the Slave Dynasty (also known as the Mamluk Dynasty) in 1206 after the death of his master Muhammad Ghori. He was a slave of Turkic origin who rose to become a general and then the first Sultan of Delhi. The Slave Dynasty (1206-1290) was the first of the five dynasties that constituted the Delhi Sultanate, and it ruled northern India for nearly a century.

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