Sayf al-Din Suri

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Sayf al-Din Suri
Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
Reign	1146-1149
Birthplace	Ghor
Died	1149
Place of death	Pul-i Yak Taq
Predecessor	Izz al-Din Husayn
Successor	Baha al-Din Sam I
Royal House	Ghurid
Father	Izz al-Din Husayn
Religious beliefs	Sunni Islam

Sayf al-Din Suri (Persian: سیف الدین سوری) was the seventh 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.^[1] 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.^[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

↑ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, pp. 185-186.
↑ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.

Sources

C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 5 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 Izz al-Din Husayn	Malik of the Ghurid dynasty 1146–1149	Succeeded by Baha al-Din Sam I

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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