Sayf al-Din Suri
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| name = Sayf al-Din Suri
| title = Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
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| reign = 1146 – 1149
| coronation =
| predecessor = Izz al-Din Husayn
| successor = Baha al-Din Sam I
| spouse =
| issue =
| full name = Sayf al-din Suri bin Izz al-Din Husayn bin Qutb al-din Hasan
| royal house = Ghurid dynasty
| father = Izz al-Din Husayn
| mother =
| birth_date = ?
| birth_place = Ghor
| death_date = {{Circa|1149}}
| death_place = Pul-i Yak Taq
| place of burial =
| religion = Sunni Islam
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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; Fakhr al-Din Masud received land near the Hari River; Baha al-Din Sam I received Ghur; Shihab al-Din Muhammad Kharnak received Madin; Shuja al-Din Ali received Jarmas; Ala al-Din Husayn received Wajiristan; and Qutb al-Din Muhammad received Warshad Warsh, where he built the famous city of Firuzkuh.History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, pp. 185-186. However, Sayf later quarreled with his brother Qutb, who took refuge in 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 District in present day Pakistan.C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114. 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
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Sources
- {{cite encyclopedia | last = C. Edmund | first = Bosworth | title = GHURIDS | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ghurids | year = 2001 | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition | access-date = 5 January 2014}}
- {{cite book | title = The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods | year = 1968 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge | editor-last = Frye | editor-first = R. N. | last = Bosworth | first = C. E. | authorlink = C. E. Bosworth | chapter = The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217) | pages = 1–202 | isbn = 0-521-06936-X | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=16yHq5v3QZAC&pg=PA1}}
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