Taj al-Din Zangi

Taj al-Din Zangi (Persian: تاج الدین زنگی) was the Ghurid ruler of Sarakhs from c. 1200 to 1204/5.

Taj al-Din Zangi
Emir of Bamiyan
Reign1200-1204/5
PredecessorKhwarazmian administration
SuccessorKhwarazmian conquest
Born12th-century
Bamiyan
Died1204/5
Near Sarakhs
HouseGhurid
FatherFakhr al-Din Masud
ReligionSunni Islam

Biography

He was the son of the Ghurid ruler of Bamiyan, Fakhr al-Din Masud. Zangi also had a brother named Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud. Zangi is first mentioned during the Ghurid conquest of western Khorasan, where he was appointed as the governor of Sarakhs, and was also given Abiward and Nasa as part of his domains.[1] In 1201/2, the Khwarazm-shah Muhammad II invaded Khorasan, and besieged Sarakhs. However, Zangi managed to trick Muhammad II by pretending to leave the city to him, but then pillaged a Khwarazmian camp, where he managed to get supplies for his army and the city.[2] The Ghurid prince Nasir al-Din Muhammad Kharnak shortly came to the aid of Zangi, and inflicted a heavy defeat on the Khwarazmians.[2] In 1204/5, Zangi was killed by the Khwarmazians near Sarakhs.

References

  1. Richards 2010, p. 87.
  2. Richards 2010, p. 65.

Sources

  • C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 20 May 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.
  • Richards, D.S. (2010). The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 3. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 1–344. ISBN 9780754669524.
Preceded by
Khwarazmian administration
Malik of the Bamiyan
1192-1206
Succeeded by
Khwarazmian conquest
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