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Q125 (IAS/2003) History & Culture › Medieval India › Medieval political chronology Answer Verified

How did Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak die?

A

He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles

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He was killed in a battle with Taj-u-din Yildiz, the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab

C

He sustained unjuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and succumbed to death later

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He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan

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Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who ruled from 1206 to 1210, died suddenly in 1210 as a result of an accident while playing chaugan (polo) in Lahore; he fell from his horse and sustained fatal injuries [1]. Contemporary and later accounts likewise record that his death was due to a polo accident rather than assassination or battlefield wounds, although he did face rivalry from Taj al-Din Yildiz during his rule — a political contest unrelated to his death. Thus among the given choices, the account of death after a fall from his horse while playing chaugan (option 4) is historically supported.

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[1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 10: Advent of Arabs and Turks > Qutb-ud-din Aibak (1206-1210) > p. 140

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