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Sayf al-Din Muhammad

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

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

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

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Preceded by Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
1161-1163
Succeeded by