death of Sultan Shah of Merv — Malikshah takes Khurasan

وفاة سلطان شاه صاحب مرو وملك أخيه ملكشاه خراسان

c. 1193 CE · 589 AH

Merv

Sultan Shah, lord of Merv and its Khurasan, died in Ramadan and his brother Malikshah succeeded — the rival who had fought Khwarazmshah Tekish for years and brought the Qara Khitay down upon him 1.

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Sultan Shah, lord of Merv and the lands around it in Khurasan, died in Ramadan, and his brother Malikshah took over. Sultan Shah had long been at odds with Khwarazm-shah Tekish, until he brought the Qara Khitai against him. 1

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Sultan Shah of Merv· Malikshah the Khwarazmshahid

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Battle of Dandanqan (1040)· The Death of Yazdgard ibn Shahriyar· the Khwarazmshah retakes what the Ghurids had seized· يوسف الهمذاني· Merv

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 228
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