Ala ad-Din Tekish
| Tekish | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tekish's mausoleum | |||||
| Reign | 1172 – 1200 | ||||
| Predecessor | Il-Arslan | ||||
| Successor | Muhammad II | ||||
| Born | ? | ||||
| Died | 1200 | ||||
| Spouse |
Terken Khatun Inanj Khatun Fulana Khatun | ||||
| Issue |
Ala ad-Din Muhammad Taj ad-Din Ali-Shah Yunus-Khan Toghan-Toghdi Malik-Shah Princess Shah-Khatun | ||||
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| House | House of Anushtegin | ||||
| Father | Il-Arslan | ||||
| Mother | Terken Khatun | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Ala ad-Din Tekish (Persian: علاء الدين تكش; full name: Ala ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul Muzaffar Tekish ibn Il-Arslan) or Tekesh or Takesh was the Shah of Khwarezmian Empire from 1172 to 1200. He was the son of Il-Arslan. His rule was contested by his brother, Sultan Shah, who held a principality in Khorasan. Tekish inherited Sultan Shah's state after he died in 1193. In Turkic the name Tekish means he who strikes in battle.[1]
In 1194 Tekish defeated the Seljuq sultan of Hamadan, Toghrul III, in an alliance with Caliph Al-Nasir, and conquered his territories. After the war, he broke with the Caliphate and was on the brink of a war with it until the Caliph accepted him as Sultan of Iraq, Khorasan, and Turkestan in 1198.
He died of a peritonsillar abscess in 1200[2] and was succeeded by his son, Ala ad-Din Muhammad.
References
- ↑ "TEKIŠ B. IL ARSLĀN" Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 30 August 2014
- ↑ Juvaini, Ala-ad-Din Ata-Malik, History of the World Conqueror, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1997. p. 314.
Sources
- Bosworth, C. E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)". In Frye, R. N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–202. ISBN 0-521-06936-X.
| Preceded by Il-Arslan |
Shah of the Khwarezmian Empire 1172–1200 |
Succeeded by Muhammad II |