Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri
شهاب الدين الغوري
Muhammad ibn Sam al-Ghuri, lord of Ghazna and part of Khurasan — Ibn al-Athir praises his courage, constant campaigning in India, and the weekly qadi-court at his house whose rulings ran on great and small alike; killed by the Khokkars (or, some said, the Ismailis) at Damiyak returning from Lahore, Sha'ban 602 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · South Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Shihab al-Din Abu al-Muzaffar Muhammad ibn Sam al-Ghuri, king of Ghazna and part of Khurasan 2.
Ibn al-Athir's description
Ibn al-Athir describes him as brave and bold, one who often raided the lands of India, just to his subjects, and a ruler among them according to what the law requires. The judge at Ghazna would attend his house four days in the week, and would give judgement, and the agents of the sultan carried out his rulings on young and old, on noble and base alike 2.
His death
He was killed by the Kukiyya, and it is said by the Isma'ilis, at Damik on the first night of Sha'ban in the year 602 AH, while he was returning from Lahawr. He was buried in the madrasa that he had built at Ghazna 2.
Connections
- Sibling of
- Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam
- Fought by
- Prithviraj, king of Hind
- Participated in
- Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)· قتل شهاب الدين الغوري
People and things also explored
Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)· Prithviraj, king of Hind· The Firuzkuh fitna (595 AH)· فخر الدين الرازي· قطب الدين أيبك· قتل شهاب الدين الغوري· Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 303-305
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.303-305
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shihab-al-din-ghuri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.