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
Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sa ...
who were favored during the reign of his father. Sayf also freed the two sons of
Baha al-Din Sam I
Baha al-Din Sam I (Persian: بهاء الدین سام), was the king of the Ghurid dynasty who reigned briefly in 1149. He was the brother and successor of Sayf al-Din Suri.
Biography
When Sayf al-Din Suri ascended the throne, he divided the G ...
,
Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad and
Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad
Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad ibn Sam ( fa, معز الدین محمد بن سام), also Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori, also Ghūri ( fa, معز الدین محمد غوری) (1144 – March 15, 1206), commonly known as Muhammad of Ghor, also Gh ...
.
[''History of Civilizations of Central Asia'', C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 186.] With the aid of
Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, Sayf later waged war against the
Oghuz Turks
The Oghuz or Ghuzz Turks (Middle Turkic languages, Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, ''Oγuz'', ota, اوغوز, Oġuz) were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, Turkic language family. In th ...
. 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.
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{{Ghurid dynasty
12th-century Iranian people
Ghurid dynasty
1163 deaths
Year of birth missing