Ala al-Din al-Husayn al-Ghuri (Jahan-Suz)
علاء الدين الحسين الغوري
1161 CE · 556 AH
Ala al-Din al-Husayn ibn al-Husayn, king of Ghor called Jahan-Suz the World-Burner; succeeding his martyred brother Suri he mastered Ghor's mountains and Firuzkuh, proclaimed Sanjar in the khutba, marched on Ghazna in 547 AH and burned it in vengeance for the brothers Bahramshah killed, took Balkh, fought and was captured by Sultan Sanjar who released him back to Firuzkuh — and when his power swelled his nephews Ghiyath al-Din and Shihab al-Din rose, defeated him, yet seated him back on the throne as their puppet until his death in 556, when Ghiyath al-Din took the realm.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · South Asia
- Review
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Life in time
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موجز
علاء الدين الحسين بن حسين ملك الغور، الملقب «جهانسوز»، من حكام الدولة الغورية. ملك الغور بعد مقتل أخيه شوري. 1
استولى على جبال الغور ومدينة بيروزكوه، وخطب فيها للسلطان سنجر. ثم سار إلى غزنة سنة 547هـ فملكها وأحرقها ثأراً لأخويه اللذين قتلهما بهرام شاه. 1
ملك بلخ وقاتل السلطان سنجر، فأسره سنجر ثم خلع عليه وردّه إلى بيروزكوه. 1
ثار عليه ابنا أخيه غياث الدين وشهاب الدين وقاتلاه حتى انهزم، فأجلساه على التخت واستبدا عليه. توفي سنة 556هـ، فقام غياث الدين بالأمر. 1
Connections
- Ruler of
- Ghurid dynasty
- Sibling of
- Suri ibn al-Husayn al-Ghuri
- Fought
- Bahramshah of Ghazna
- Founder of
- Ghurid dynasty
People and things also explored
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ala al-Din al-Husayn al-Ghuri (Jahan-Suz)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ala-al-din-husayn-ghuri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.