Taj al-Din Yildiz
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Taj al-Din Yildiz (also spelled Yaldiz, Yildoz, and Yalduz, Persian: تاج الدین یلدوز) was a Turkic ghulam of the Ghurid dynasty, who, after the death of Sultan Muhammad of Ghor, became the de facto ruler of Ghazni, while, however, still recognizing Ghurid authority.[1]
Biography
After the death of Sultan
ghulams, who supported Mu'izz's nephew Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, while the other faction consisted of native Iranian soldiers, who supported the Ghurid ruler of Bamiyan, Baha al-Din Sam II. But Baha al-Din Sam II died after a few days, which made the Iranian soldiers support his two sons Jalal al-Din Ali and Ala al-Din Muhammad. Ghiyath, however, managed to emerge victorious during the struggle, and became the ruler of Firuzkuh. Meanwhile, Yildiz seized Ghazni
from the Ghurid rulers of Bamiyan, but shortly recognized the authority of Ghiyath.
Ghiyath, not glad about Tajuddin controlling Ghazni, and not daring to leave Ghur unprotected, requested help from the
Qutb-ud-din Aibak, attacked and occupied Ghazni, but was defeated by Yildiz forty days later.[2]
In 1214, Yildiz killed
Tarain in January 1216. Yildiz was defeated and taken prisoner by Iltutmish, and after being led through the streets of Delhi was sent to Budaun, where he was put to death in the same year. After the fall of Yildiz, Qabacha again occupied Lahore.[4]
References
- ^ The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 166.
- ISBN 0-521-54329-0.
- ISBN 90-04-10236-1
- ^ Mehta, J.L. (1986), Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India, Vol. 1, Sterling Publishers, pp. 91–92
Sources
- ISBN 0-521-06936-X.