Fakhr al-Din Masud

**Fakhr al-Din Masud**
Fakhr al-Din Masud
Ghurid
Father	Izz al-Din Husayn
Religion	Sunni Islam

Fakhr al-Din Masud (

Bamiyan

, ruling from 1152 to 1163.

Early life

Fakhr al-Din Masud was the son of Izz al-Din Husayn and a Turkic mother. He also had several brothers named Sayf al-Din Suri, Baha al-Din Sam I, Shihab al-Din Muhammad Kharnak, Shuja al-Din Ali, Ala al-Din Husayn, and Qutb al-Din Muhammad.

After the death of Izz al-Din Husayn,

Ghazna, and was poisoned by the Ghaznavid sultan Bahram-Shah of Ghazna

.

In order to avenge his brother, Sayf marched towards Ghazna in 1148, and scored a victory at the Battle of Ghazni while Bahram fled to Kurram.^[2] Building an army, Bahram marched back to Ghazna. Sayf fled, but the Ghaznavid army caught up with him and a battle ensued at Sang-i Surakh. Sayf and Majd ad-Din Musawi were captured and later crucified at Pul-i Yak Taq.

Rule over Bamiyan

After Sayf's death, he was succeeded by his brother Baha al-Din Sam I, who continued building Firuzkuh, and prepared an army to march towards Ghazna to avenge the death of his two brothers, but died shortly of natural causes before he reached the city. Ala al-Din Husayn, the younger brother of Sayf and Baha al-Din, then ascended the Ghurid throne. He, along with Fakhr al-Din Masud, shortly avenged their brothers by brutally sacking Ghazna. Ala al-Din Husayn later managed to conquer Garchistan,

Bamiyan. Fakr al-Din Masud was shortly given Bamiyan as a part of his fief, starting the period of the Ghurid branch of Bamiyan. Ala al-Din Husayn later died in 1161, and was succeeded by his son Sayf al-Din Muhammad, who shortly died two years later. The son of Baha al-Din Sam I, Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad

then ascended the throne.

Struggle for the Ghurid throne

Fakhr al-Din Masud, however, claimed the throne for himself, and had allied with Tadj al-Din Yildiz, the

Bamiyan. Fakhr al-Din Masud shortly died the same year, and was succeeded by his son Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud

.

References

^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, pp. 185-186.
^ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.
^ The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 161-170.

Sources

C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
ISBN 0-521-06936-X
.

Preceded by Ala al-Din Husayn	Bamiyan 1152-1163	Succeeded by Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud

[1] History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, pp. 185-186.

[2] C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.

[Bosworth112-3] The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 161-170.

[2]

Ghur (before 879–1215)		Amir Suri Muhammad ibn Suri Abu Ali ibn Muhammad Abbas ibn Shith Muhammad ibn Abbas Qutb al-din Hasan Izz al-Din Husayn Sayf al-Din Suri Baha al-Din Sam I Ala al-Din Husayn Sayf al-Din Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Muhammad of Ghor Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Baha al-Din Sam III Ala al-Din Atsiz Ala al-Din Ali
In Ghazni (1151-1152 and 1173–1215)	Ala al-Din Husayn Muhammad of Ghor Ala al-Din Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Baha al-Din Sam III Ala al-Din Atsiz Ala al-Din Ali
In Bamiyan (1152–1215)	Fakhr al-Din Masud Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud Abbas ibn Muhammad Baha al-Din Sam II Jalal al-Din Ali
Minor domains	Ala al-Din Ali (Nishapur, 1200-1204) Taj al-Din Zangi (Sarakhs, 1200-1204)