Which Delhi Sultan established the elite military corps of forty loyal Turkish slaves known as 'Turkan-i-Chihalgani' (The Forty)?

Options:

• A: Qutb-ud-din Aibak
• B: Shams-ud-din Iltutmish
• C: Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
• D: Razia Sultana

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