Sayf al-Din Suri
Sayf al-Din Suri | |||||
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Ghor | |||||
Died | c. 1149 Pul-i Yak Taq | ||||
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House | Ghurid dynasty | ||||
Father | Izz al-Din Husayn | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sayf al-Din Suri (Persian: سیف الدین سوری) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty from 1146 to 1149. He was the son and successor of Izz al-Din Husayn.
Biography
When Sayf al-Din Suri ascended the throne, he divided the Ghurid kingdom among his brothers;
Ghazna, and was poisoned by the Ghaznavid sultan Bahram-Shah of Ghazna
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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 District in present day Pakistan.[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. After his death, he was succeeded by his brother Baha al-Din Sam I.
References
Sources
- C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ISBN 0-521-06936-X.