Sayf al-Din Muhammad

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Sayf al-Din Muhammad
Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
Reign	1161-1163
Birthplace	Ghor
Died	1163
Predecessor	Ala al-Din Husayn
Successor	Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Royal House	Ghurid
Father	Ala al-Din Husayn
Religious beliefs	Sunni Islam

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 the Ismailis who were favored during the reign of his father. Sayf also freed the two sons of Baha al-Din Sam I, Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori and Muhammad Ghori.^[1] With the aid of Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori, Sayf later waged war against the Oghuz Turks. Sayf was killed during a battle in 1163, and was succeeded by Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori.

References

↑ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 186.

Sources

C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
Frye, R.N. (1975). "The Ghaznavids and Ghūrids". In Frye, R.N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Iranian world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 157–165. ISBN 0-521-20093-8.

Preceded by Ala al-Din Husayn	Malik of the Ghurid dynasty 1161-1163	Succeeded by Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori

v t e Ghurid dynasty

Ghur Branch (1011–1215)	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 Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori Mu'izz al-Din Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Baha al-Din Sam III Ala al-Din Atsiz Ala al-Din Ali

Bamiyan Branch (1152–1215)	Fakhr al-Din Masud Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Fakhr Baha al-Din Sam II Jalal al-Din Ali

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