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Baha al-Din Sam of Bamiyan

بهاء الدين سام البامياني

Nephew of both Ghurid sultans and lord of Bamiyan — seized Balkh in 594 on its tribute-lord's death, cut the Qara Khitai's yearly payment and raised the khutba for Ghiyath al-Din 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Persia & Central Asia
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بهاء الدين سام بن محمد بن مسعود، ابن أخت غياث الدين وشهاب الدين الغوريين، وصاحب باميان. ملك مدينة بلخ سنة 594هـ لما توفي صاحبها التركي أزيه، وكان يحمل الخراج كل سنة إلى الخطا. فقطع الحمل عنهم وخطب لغياث الدين. 1

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The Ghurid capture of Balkh from the Qara Khitai (594 AH)

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The Ghurid capture of Balkh from the Qara Khitai (594 AH)

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 252
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The Ghurid capture of Balkh from the Qara Khitai (594 AH)

594: on the death of its Turkish tribute-lord Aziya, Baha al-Din Sam of Bamiyan — nephew of both Ghurid sultans — marched on Balkh, took it, cut the yearly tribute to the Qara Khitai and raised the khutba for Ghiyath al-Din, 'returning it to the lands of Islam'; the Khita's answering expedition under Tayanku crossed the Oxus that winter and broke before the Ghurid army.