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Sayf al-Din Muhammad

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Sayf al-Din Muhammad
Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
Reign1161-1163
PredecessorAla al-Din Husayn
SuccessorGhiyath al-Din Muhammad
BornGhor
Died1163
HouseGhurid
FatherAla al-Din Husayn
ReligionSunni Islam

Sayf al-Din Muhammad (Persian: سیف الدین محمد) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty from 1161 to 1163. He was the son and successor of Ala al-Din Husayn.

Biography

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After the accession of Sayf, he began persecution of the Ismailis who were favored during the reign of his father. Sayf also freed the two sons of Baha al-Din Sam I, Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad and Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad.[1] With the aid of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, Sayf later waged war against the Oghuz Turks. Sayf was betrayed and murdered during a battle in 1163 near Merv by a brother of the Ghurid general Warmesh ibn Shith, whom Sayf had executed. Sayf was then succeeded by Ghiyath.

References

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  1. ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 186.

Sources

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  • C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  • Bosworth, C. E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)". In Frye, R. N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–202. ISBN 0-521-06936-X.
  • C. E., Bosworth (2012). "G̲h̲ūrids". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Leiden and New York: BRILL. ISBN 9789004161214.
Preceded by Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
1161-1163
Succeeded by