Khwarazmshah takes Ghazna and its dependencies

ملك خوارزم شاه غزنة وأعمالها

c. 1214 CE · 611 AH

Ghazna

Khwarazmshah took Ghazna and its dependencies after the Ghurid hold on them ended 1.

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1200121012201230 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Ghazna

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Summary

Ala al-Din Muhammad Khwarazm Shah took possession of Ghazna and its districts and added them to his realm after the Ghurids had lost them 1.

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خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد

People and things also explored

al-Duz takes Ghazna· death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur· Perishing of the Khwarazmshah on an island in the Caspian Sea· death of Khwarazmshah Tekish· Ghiyath al-Din al-Ghuri quits the Karramiyya· Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud al-Ghuri killed· Ibn Khurmail killed; Herat besieged again· Khwarazmshah seizes the Ghurid lands in Khurasan

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 366
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