Qutb al-Din Aibak

"“When Qutbu’d-Din, the commander-in-chief of Muizzu’d-Din Sam alias Shihabu’d-Din Ghuri, conquered Delhi in AH 587 corresponding to AD 1191 corresponding to 1248 Bikarmi, this idol-house was converted…"

"The congregational mosque at Delhi named, purposefully, as the Masjid Quwwatul Islam , was commenced by Aibak in 592/1195 within two years of its conquest. It was built with materials and gold obtaine…"

"Qutbuddin Aibak's conquests included Gwalior, parts of Bundelkhand, Ajmer, Ranthambhor, Anhilwara as well as parts of U.P. and Malwa. In Naharwala alone 50,000 persons were killed during Aibak's campa…"

"Qutb-ud-Din, whose reputation for destroying temples was almost as great as that of Muhammad, in the latter part of the twelfth century and early years of the thirteenth, must have frequently resorted…"

"Ibn Asir only says that Qutbuddin Aibak made ‘war against the provinces of Hind… He killed many, and returned with prisoners and booty.” In Banaras, according to the same author, “the slaughter of the…"

"Women and children were the prize of the warriors, and as early as the days of Qutbuddin Aibak "even a poor Muslim householder became owner of numerous slaves."

"For instance, when Muhammad Ghauri and Qutbuddin Aibak mounted a combined attack on the Khokhars of the Salt Range , “great plunder was taken and many captives, so that five Hindu captives could be bo…"

"Qutb-ud-Din Aybak also is said to have destroyed nearly a thousand temples, and then raised mosques on their foundations. The same author states that he built the Jami Masjid, Delhi, and adorned it wi…"