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Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak
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Also Known As Quṭb-al-Dīn Aybak
Born 1150
Died 1210 (aged 60)
Title / Office king (1206-1210), Ghūrid sultanate

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Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām
Ghūrid ruler of India
Tiger of Mysore
Tipu Sultan
sultan of Mysore
Cariappa, Kodandera Madappa
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
Indian military officer
Mangal Pandey
Mangal Pandey
Indian soldier
Hyder Ali
emperor of India
Sirāj al-Dawlah
Indian ruler
Muḥammad Shah
Mughal emperor
John A. Rawlins
United States general
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
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Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
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Heydar Aliyev
president of Azerbaijan
James Fannin
American military figure
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Gordon Gray
United States government official
William B. Travis
United States military officer
Walter Campbell Short
United States Army officer
Richard S. Ewell
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