death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur

وفاة غياث الدين ملك الغور

c. 1202 CE · 599 AH

Ghazna

Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam died — king of Ghur, Ghazna and the Khurasan-India empire; counted the most just and clear-headed of kings, a scholar among scholars. His brother Shihab al-Din Muhammad al-Ghuri now ruled alone 1.

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1190120012101220 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Ghazna

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Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam, ruler of Ghur, Ghazna, Khurasan and India, died. He was among the most just of kings and the soundest in judgement, so much so that it was said no one like him had been seen on a throne. After him his brother Shihab al-Din Muhammad ruled independently 2.

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Ghiyath al-Din al-Ghuri quits the Karramiyya· Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam· Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri· al-Duz takes Ghazna· Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)· The Firuzkuh fitna (595 AH)· Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud al-Ghuri killed· Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri versus the king of Banaras

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 281
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.281
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