A History of Agriculture in India v2.c55.s6.1

v2.c55.s6.1

Muhammad Ghori was assassinated in A.D. 1206 on the banks of the Indus. Qutb-ud-din Aibek, the Commander-in-Chief of Ghori's army, was elected Sultan by the Turkish army officers. He is remembered for the construction of the victory pillar, known after his name as Qutb Minar, and for the mosque called Quwat-ul-Islam which was built with stones taken from twenty-seven Hindu temples. Both these monuments are in Mehrauli, a suburb of Delhi. Qutb-ud-din Aibek died in a polo accident in A.D. 1210.