The
Mamluk Dynasty (sometimes referred as
Slave Dynasty or
Ghulam Dynasty) , was directed into
Northern India by
Qutb-ud-din Aybak, a
Turkic general from
Central Asia. It was the first of five unrelated dynasties to rule India's
Delhi Sultanate from 1206 to 1290. Aybak's tenure as a
Ghurid dynasty administrator ranged between 1192 to 1206, a period during which he led invasions into the
Gangetic heartland of India and established control over some of the new areas.