the Khwarazmshah retakes what the Ghurids had seized

ملك خوارزم شاه ما أخذه الغورية من بلاده

c. 1201 CE · 598 AH

خراسان → Merv

Muhammad Khwarazmshah retook what the Ghurids had seized of his father lands — Merv, Sarakhs, Nishapur and their dependencies 1.

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

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Merv

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Summary

Ala al-Din Muhammad Khwarazm Shah recovered what the Ghurids had taken from his father's lands in Khurasan: Marw, Sarakhs, Nishapur and the districts around them 1.

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خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد
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خراسان· Merv

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Khwarazmshah seizes the Ghurid lands in Khurasan· Battle of Dandanqan (1040)· Perishing of the Khwarazmshah on an island in the Caspian Sea· The Death of Yazdgard ibn Shahriyar· death of Sultan Shah of Merv — Malikshah takes Khurasan· death of Khwarazmshah Tekish· Ibn Khurmail killed; Herat besieged again· Ismailis massacred in Khurasan

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