Qutb-ud-din Aibak was a sipahasalar under Muhammad Ghori as well as his slave. He was born to a Turkish family in Central Asia and was sold as a slave in his childhood. As a viceroy of Sultan Muhammad ...

Before he became the Sultan of Delhi, Ghiyasuddin Balban had built a palace for himself in 1240.Today, the Kushaki Lal or Lal Mahal is counted among the earliest surviving Islamic palaces in India.

Balban was a slave of Iltutmish and belonged to the Illabari tribe of the Turks. Initially he got the menial jobs but later on he progressed in his career by becoming first the chief huntsman of ...