At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · South Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Shihab al-Din Abu al-Muzaffar Muhammad ibn Sam al-Ghuri, king of Ghazna and part of Khurasan 2.
Ibn al-Athir's description
Ibn al-Athir describes him as brave and bold, one who often raided the lands of India, just to his subjects, and a ruler among them according to what the law requires. The judge at Ghazna would attend his house four days in the week, and would give judgement, and the agents of the sultan carried out his rulings on young and old, on noble and base alike 2.
His death
He was killed by the Kukiyya, and it is said by the Isma'ilis, at Damik on the first night of Sha'ban in the year 602 AH, while he was returning from Lahawr. He was buried in the madrasa that he had built at Ghazna 2.
Connections
- Sibling of
- Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam
- Fought by
- Prithviraj, king of Hind
- Participated in
- Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)· death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur· Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri versus the king of Banaras· Ismailis massacred in Khurasan· Killing of Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri· Shihab al-Din's siege of Khwarazm and his defeat by the Khita· Sirsuti won — then the Muslims driven back· Shihab al-Din's victory over the Tirahis
People and things also explored
Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)· death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur· Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam· Prithviraj, king of Hind· The Firuzkuh fitna (595 AH)· Ghiyath al-Din al-Ghuri quits the Karramiyya· The Ismaili Da'wa· فخر الدين الرازي
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 303-305
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.303-305
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shihab-al-din-ghuri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.