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Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Khwarazmshah

أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد خوارزمشاه

995 CE · 385 AH

Jurjaniyya (Gurgandj)

Last Afrighid Khwarazmshah of Kath, captured and killed by Ma'mun ibn Muhammad, emir of Jurjaniyya, in 385/995, ending the dynasty 1 2.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Ruler
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Persia & Central Asia

Life in time

900925950975100010251050 c. c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abu'l-Hasan 'Abbad al-Taliqani · Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sufyan

Trade and financePolitics, governance and authority

Summary

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad is the last Afrighid in al-Biruni's works, and Eduard Sachau, following al-Biruni, counts him as the twenty-second king of the house. 1

His end

In 385/995 Ma'mun ibn Muhammad, the Samanid-dependent emir of Jurjaniyya, attacked Kath, captured Abu Abd Allah and had him killed in Jurjaniyya, then took the title Khwarazmshah. 2 Kingship thus passed from Kath to the Ma'munid house. 3

His coins

  • Type 1 is a fals with the profession of God's oneness on the obverse as on earlier coins, a margin reading "In the name of God, this fals was struck at Khwarazm", and on the reverse "Muhammad ibn Ahmad Khwarazmshah" with no marginal legend. A specimen was found at the site of Sadvar in southern Khwarazm in the excavations of 1973–1975. 1 4
  • Types 2 and 3 follow almost the same model. 4

Connections

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Ruler of
Afrighids (Khwarazmshahs of Kath)
Died in
Jurjaniyya (Gurgandj)

People and things also explored

Ma'munids (Khwarazmshahs of Jurjaniyya)· Coins of the Khwarazmshah Era (Ismoilov)· Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Khwarazmshah· Azkajuvar-Abd Allah, Khwarazmshah· Iraq ibn Mansur· Ma'mun ibn Muhammad, Khwarazmshah· Muhammad ibn Ali, emir of Jurjaniyya· Savshafan, Khwarazmshah

Sources

  1. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 50
  2. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 70
  3. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 10
  4. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 51
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Ma'munids (Khwarazmshahs of Jurjaniyya)

Dynasty that ruled from Jurjaniyya (Gurganj) and then all Khwarazm as Khwarazmshahs after 385/995, until Mahmud of Ghazna conquered Khwarazm in 1017.