death of Khwarazmshah Tekish

وفاة خوارزم شاه تكش

c. 1199 CE · 596 AH

Khwarizm

Ala al-Din Tekish ibn Il-Arslan died, lord by then of most of Khurasan, the lands beyond, Isfahan and the Jibal — the eastern half of the Islamicate world. His son Qutb al-Din Muhammad, already laqabed Ala al-Din, succeeded him 1.

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119012001210 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Ala al-Din Tekish ibn Il Arslan, Khwarazm-shah, died. He had ruled most of Khurasan, Isfahan, al-Jibal and the lands beyond them, until the lands of Persia (al-Ajam) submitted to him. After him, his son Ala al-Din Muhammad ruled. 1

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علاء الدين تكش خوارزم شاه· خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد

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Khwarazmshah takes Transoxiana and restores Khurasan· Shihab al-Din's siege of Khwarazm and his defeat by the Khita· Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan· Perishing of the Khwarazmshah on an island in the Caspian Sea· Killing of Sultan Tughril III, last Seljuk sultan in Iraq· Ibn Khurmail killed; Herat besieged again· Khwarazmshah takes Ghazna and its dependencies· Khwarazmshah seizes the Ghurid lands in Khurasan

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 266
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