Nizam al-Mulk Mas'ud ibn Ali

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At a glance

Roles: Vizier
Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: أبو المحاسن الشواء · Ali ibn Isma'il al-Abyari · Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · Al-Irbili, Ahmad ibn al-Husayn

Overview

Nizam al-Mulk Mas'ud ibn Ali, vizier of Khwarazm Shah Ala al-Din Tekish ².

His death

Those whom Ibn al-Athir calls "the heretics", meaning the Isma'ilis, rose against him and killed him in Jumada al-Akhira 593 AH ².

Tekish ordered his son Qutb al-Din Muhammad to attack their fortresses. He besieged the fortress of Tarshish until they made peace with him for a hundred thousand dinars ².

Sources

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 263
al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.263

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