At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Sides
Commanders: السلطان مسعود بن محمود الغزنوي
Summary
In 423 AH the king Mas'ud ibn Mahmud ibn Subuktakin marched, entered Isfahan by the sword, and killed countless scholars 1.
The historian's judgement
Ibn al-Imad condemned Mas'ud's act there in harsh terms, describing what was done to the people of the city 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Isfahan
People and things also explored
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan· Conquest of Isfahan (21 AH)· death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free· The Jalali calendar reform· The killing of Mardawij ibn Ziyad· Sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah takes the Batiniyya fortress at Isfahan and kills Ibn Attash in 500· Mungli killed; Aghlamish inherits his domains· Smallpox and epidemic deaths, 422–425
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 226
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mas'ud ibn Mahmud Storms Isfahan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/masud-takes-isfahan-423/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.