Sayf al-Din Muhammad

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.

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

Biography

After the accession of Sayf, he began persecution 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, 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

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

Sources

  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • C. E., Bosworth (2012). "G̲h̲ūrids". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Leiden and New York: BRILL. ISBN 9789004161214.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceded by
Ala al-Din Husayn
Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
1161-1163
Succeeded by
Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad
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