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Ghurid dynasty
786–1215
Map of Ghurid territory, before the assassination ofMuhammad of Ghor.[1][2][3]In the west, Ghurid territory extended toNishapurandMerv,[4][5]while Ghurid troops reached as far asGorganon the shores of theCaspian Sea.[6][7]Eastward, the Ghurids invaded as far asBengal.[8]
CapitalFirozkoh[9]
Herat[10]
Ghazni(1170s–1215)[11]
Common languagesPersian(court, literature)[12][13]
Religion
Before 1011:
Paganism[14]
From 1011:
Sunni Islam[15]
GovernmentHereditary monarchy
Diarchy(1173–1206)
Malik/Sultan
• 8th-century
Amir Banji(first)
• 1214–1215
Zia al-Din Ali(last)
History
• Established
786
• Disestablished
1215
Area
1200 est.[16]2,000,000 km2(770,000 sq mi)
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Ghaznavids
Great Seljuq Empire
Chahamanas of Shakambhari
Gahadavala dynasty
Khwarazmian Empire
Khalji dynasty of Bengal
Delhi Sultanate
Qarlughids

TheGhurid dynasty(also spelledGhorids;Persian:دودمان غوریان,romanized:Dudmân-e Ğurīyân;self-designation:شنسبانی,Šansabānī) was aPersianatedynasty of presumably easternIranianTajikorigin, which ruled from the 8th-century in the region ofGhor,and became an Empire from 1175 to 1215.[17]The Ghurids were centered in the hills of theGhorregion in the present-day centralAfghanistan,where they initially started out as local chiefs. They gradually converted toSunni Islamafter the conquest of Ghor by theGhaznavidrulerMahmud of Ghazniin 1011. The Ghurids eventually overran the Ghaznavids whenMuhammad of Ghorseized Lahoreand expelled the Ghaznavids from their last stronghold.

The Ghurids initially ruled as vassals of theGhaznavidsand later of theSeljuks.However, during the early twelfth century the long-standing rivalry between the Seljuks and Ghaznavids created a power vacuum in easternAfghanistanandPanjabwhich the Ghurids took advantage of and began their territorial expansion.Ala al-Din Husaynended the Ghurid subordination to the Ghaznavids, ruthlessly sacking their capital, although he was soon defeated by theSeljuksafter he stopped paying tribute to them. The Seljuk imperial power, however, was itself swept away in easternIranwith the contemporaneous advent of theKhwarazmian Empire.

During thedyarchyof Ala al-Din Husayn nephews -Ghiyath al-Din MuhammadandMuhammad of Ghor,the Ghurid empire reached its greatest territorial extent, holding encompassed territory from easternIranthrough easternmostIndia.While Ghiyath al-Din was occupied with the Ghurid expansion in the west, his junior partner in thedyarchy,Muhammad of Ghor and his lieutenantswere active eastof theIndus Valleyas far asBengaland eventually succeeded in conquering wide swaths of theGangetic Plain,while in the west under Ghiyath al-Din, engaging in a protracted duel with theShahs of Khwarazm,the Ghurids, reached as far asGorgan(present-dayIran) on the shoreline of theCaspian Sea,albeit for a short time.

Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad died in 1203 of illness caused due torheumatic disordersand soon after the Ghurids suffered a crushing defeat against theKhwrezmiansaided by timely reinforcements from theQara Khitaisin theBattle of Andkhudin 1204. Muhammadwas assassinatedsoon after in March 1206 which ended the Ghurid influence inKhurasan.The dynasty became extinguished all together within a decade whenShah Muhammad IIuprooted the Ghurids in 1215. Their conquests in theIndian Subcontinentnevertheless survived for several centuries under the evolvingDelhi Sultanateestablished byQutb ud-Din Aibak.

Origins

Coinage ofMu'izz al-Din Muhammad.Dated AH 601 (1204/5 CE),Ghaznimint.

In the 19th century some European scholars, such asMountstuart Elphinstone,favoured the idea that the Ghurid dynasty was related to today'sPashtun people[18][19][20]but this is generally rejected by modern scholarship and, as explained byMorgenstiernein theEncyclopaedia of Islam,is for "various reasons very improbable".[21]Most scholars state that the dynasty was ofTajikorigin.[22][23][24][25][7][26]Many Ghurid princes married into local ethnicities such asTajiks,Persians,Turks,andAfghans,thus characterizing them as some of these ethnicities.[27]

Encyclopædia Iranicastates: "Nor do we know anything about the ethnic stock of the Ḡūrīs in general and the Šansabānīs in particular; we can only assume that they were eastern Iranian Tajiks".[7]Bosworthfurther points out that the actual name of the Ghurid family,Āl-e Šansab(Persianized:Šansabānī), is the Arabic pronunciation of the originallyMiddle PersiannameWišnasp.[7]

The Ghurids originated fromGhor Provincein centralAfghanistan.

HistorianAndré Winkexplains inThe New Cambridge History of Islam:[28]

The Shansabānī dynasty superseded the Ghaznavids in the second half of the twelfth century. This dynasty was not ofTurkish,nor evenAfghan,but of eastern Persian or Tājīk origin, speaking a distinct Persian dialect of its own, like the rest of the inhabitants of the remote and isolated mountain region of Ghūr and its capital of Fīrūzkūh (in what is now central Afghanistan).

When the Ghurids started to distinguish themselves through their conquests, courtiers and genealogists (such asFakhr-i Mudabbirandal-Juzjani) forged a fictive genealogy which connected the Ghurids with the Iranian past. They traced the Ghurid family back to the mythical Arab tyrantZahhak,mentioned in the medieval Persian epicShahnameh( "The Book of Kings" ), whose family had reportedly settled in Ghur after the Iranian heroFereydunhad ended Zahhak's thousand-year tyranny.[13][7]

Additionally, nothing is known of the pre-Islamic religious beliefs of the Ghurids.[13]

Language

The Ghurids' native language was apparently different from their court language, Persian.Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi,the famous historian of the Ghaznavid era, wrote on page 117 in his bookTarikh-i Bayhaqi:"SultanMas'ud I of Ghaznileft for Ghoristan and sent his learned companion with two people from Ghor as interpreters between this person and the people of that region. "However, like theSamanidsand Ghaznavids, the Ghurids were great patrons ofPersian literature,poetry,andculture,and promoted these in their courts as their own. Modern-day authors refer to them as the "PersianizedGhurids ".[29]Wink describes the tongue of the Ghurids as a "distinct Persian dialect".[28]

There is nothing to confirm the recent conclusion that the inhabitants of Ghor were originallyPashto-speaking,and claims of the existence of "Pashto poetry",such asPata Khazana,from the Ghurid period are unsubstantiated.[30][21]

History

Early history

Jam Minaret
TheMinaret of JaminGhor Provinceof Afghanistan, established by the Ghurids and finished in 1174/75 CE. Inscription on the Minaret, showing the name and titles of SultanGhiyath al-Din Muhammad(1163–1202 CE).

A certain Ghurid prince named Amir Banji was the ruler ofGhorand ancestor of the medieval Ghurid rulers. His rule was legitimized by theAbbasidcaliphHarun al-Rashid. Before the mid-12th century, the Ghurids had been bound to theGhaznavidsandSeljuksfor about 150 years. Beginning in the mid-12th century, Ghor expressed its independence from the Ghaznavid Empire. The early Ghurids followedPaganismbefore being converted to Islam byAbu Ali ibn Muhammad.[7]In 1149 the Ghaznavid rulerBahram-Shah of Ghaznapoisoned a local Ghurid leader, Qutb al-Din Muhammad, who had taken refuge in the city ofGhazniafter having a quarrel with his brotherSayf al-Din Suri.In revenge, Sayf marched towards Ghazni and defeated Bahram-Shah. However, one year later, Bahram returned and scored a decisive victory against Sayf, who was shortly captured and crucified at Pul-i Yak Taq.Baha al-Din Sam I,another brother of Sayf, set out to avenge the death of his two brothers, but died of natural causes before he could reach Ghazni.

Ala al-Din Husayn(1149–61), one of the youngest of Sayf's brothers and newly crowned Ghurid king, also set out to avenge the death of his two brothers. He managed to defeat Bahram-Shah, and then had Ghazni sacked; the city burned for seven days and seven nights. He also sacked the Ghaznavid fortresses and palaces ofBost.[31]These actions earned him the title ofJahānsūz,meaning "the world burner ".[32]The Ghaznavids retook the city withSeljuqhelp, but later lost it toOghuz Turks.[32]

In 1152, Ala al-Din Husayn refused to pay tribute to theSeljuksand instead marched an army from Firozkoh but was defeated and captured at Nab in the Harīrūd Valley bySultan Ahmed Sanjarafter his forces defected to the Seljuqs.[33]During the battle, 6000 nomads from Ala al-Din's forces went over to the Seljuk army. Despite relatively smaller size of both armies, the defection of nomads at critical point of the battle eventually decided the issue in favour of the Seljuks.[34]Ala al-Din Husayn remained a prisoner for two years, until he was released in return for a heavy ransom to the Seljuqs and was allowed to reclaim his principality in Ghor. However, Sanjar was soon captured and imprisoned by the Ghuzz nomads in 1153, which allowed the Ghurids to expand their polity again.[35]Meanwhile, a rival of Ala al-Din named Husayn ibn Nasir al-Din Muhammad al-Madini had seizedFirozkoh,but was murdered at the right moment when Ala al-Din returned to reclaim his ancestral domain. Ala al-Din spent the rest of his reign expanding the domains of his kingdom; he managed to conquer Garchistan,Tukharistan,Zamindawar,Bust,Bamiyanand other parts of Khurasan. Ala al-Din died in 1161, and was succeeded by his sonSayf al-Din Muhammad,who died two years later in a battle against theOghuz TurksofBalkh.[36]

During the reign of Ala ad-Din, the Ghurids firmly established themselves atFiruzkuhand made it their capital, at the same time, the minor branches of the family who were the offshoot of concubinage withTurkishslave girls whom chronicler Juzjani called "Kanizak-i-turki" established themselves inBamiyanand elsewhere.[37]

The Ghurids at their zenith

Fortress and Ghurid arch ofQala-e-Bostas printed on an Afghan banknote.

Sayf al-Din Muhammad was succeeded by his cousinGhiyath al-Din Muhammad,who was the son of Baha al-Din Sam I, and proved himself to be a capable king. Right after Ghiyath's ascension, he, with the aid of his loyal brotherMuhammad of Ghor(later known as "Shihabuddin Ghuri" ), killed a rival Ghurid chief named Abu'l Abbas. Ghiyath then defeated his uncle Fakhr al-Din Masud who claimed the Ghurid throne and had allied with the Seljuq governor of Herat and Balkh.[38]

In 1173, Muhammad of Ghor after multiple attempts reconquered the city of Ghazni from theGhuzz Turks,who had deposed theGhaznavidsfrom there earlier.[36]In 1175, the Ghurids took control ofHeratfrom the Seljuks, and the city became one of their main power bases and centers of cultural development, together withFirozkohand Ghazni.[39][40]They also took control of the areas ofNīmrūzandSīstān,and extended their suzerainty as far as the Seljuks ofKerman.[41]

Conquest of Khorasan (1192)

Afterwards, Muhammad assisted his brother Ghiyath in his contest with theKhwarezmian Empire,who were at times supported by their "pagan" suzerains theQara Khitai,for the lordship ofKhorasan.[42]Seljuk power in Khorasan had collapsed since the defeat ofAhmad Sanjaragainst theGhuzz Turksin 1153, which left the region at the hands of the Turkmen.[43][44]In 1181,Sultan Shah,a pretendent to the Khwarezmian throne, managed to take control of Khorasan, until 1192 when he was defeated nearMervby the Ghurids, who captured his territories.[42]The Ghurids then took control of all Khorasan following the death of his successorTekishin 1200, capturingNishapurin 1200, and reaching as far asBesṭāmin the ancient region of Qūmes.[42][40]

After the death of his brother Ghiyath on 13 March 1203,[45]Muhammad became the successor of his empire and ruled until his assassination in 1206 nearJhelumbyIsmāʿīlīswhom he persecuted during his lifetime.[46][47]

Conquest of India (1175 to 1205)

Main article:Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor
The last stand of Rajputs,depicting theSecond Battle of Tarainin 1192
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Main South Asian polities in 1175, on the eve of theGhurid Empireinvasion of the subcontinent (orange line: Ghurid territorial conquests from 1175 to 1205).[48][2]
Bengalcoinage of Turkic generalBakhtiyar Khalji(1204–1206 CE). Struck in the name of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, datedSamvat1262 (1204 CE).[49][50]

On the eve of the Ghurid invasion of the subcontinent, northern India was ruled by many independentRajputkings, often fighting with each other, such as theChahamanarulerPrithviraja IIIinDelhiandAjmer,theChaulukyarulerMularaja IIinGujarat,theGahadavalarulerJayachandrainKanauj,[51]further in the east of Ganges Plain there were other independentHindupowers such as theSena's underLakshmanainBengaletc.[52]

Northern India and Bengal were conquered byMuhammad of Ghorduring the period from 1175 to 1205, just before his death in 1206. His capital was inGhazni,while his elder brotherGhiyath al-Din Muhammadwith whom Muhammad ruled in adiarchy,governed the western part of the empire from his capital atFīrōzkōh.[53][54]In 1175, Muhammad crossed theIndus River,approaching it through theGomal Passinstead ofKhyber Pass,in order to outflank the Ghaznavids inPanjab.Muhammad capturedMultanfrom theCarmathians,and also tookUchby 1176.[55][56]

In 1178, he turned south and again marched through theGomal Pass,marching by the way ofMultanandUchto enter into the present-dayGujaratviaThar desert,where his armies got exhausted in their long march fromGhaznaand were routed in theBattle of Kasahradafought nearMount Abuat Kasahrada in the southernAravalli Hillsby a coalition of Rajput chiefs, which forced him to change his route for further incursions into India.[57][58]Afterwards, Muhammad pressed upon the Ghanzavids, whose domain was considerably truncated, though they were still controlling parts of Punjab and Pakistan down to the valley of Kabul which were of strategic importance in the pathway to northern India.[59]Thus by the turn of next decade, Muhammad conqueredSindh,[56]Peshawar,Sialkotand annexed the last Ghaznavid principality inPunjab,with their capital inLahore,in1186through stratagem after three incursions.[60][61][62]

In 1191, the Ghurids seizedBathindaand marched towardsDelhi,but were defeated in theFirst Battle of Tarainby theRajput confederacyled by theAjmer-ChahamanakingPrithviraja III.Nevertheless, Muhammad returned a year later with an army of Turkish mounted archers and routed the Rajput forces in theSecond Battle of Tarain,and executed Prithviraja shortly afterwards.[63][64]Govindaraja IV,son of Prithviraj Chauhan, submitted to the Ghurids the region ofAjmer,which became a vassal state.[65][66]In 1193,Delhiwas conquered by Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad's generalQutbu l-Din Aibak.[62][54]The newly conquered territories were then put under the governorship of Qutb ud-Din Aibak, who was now Viceroy in Delhi.[67][68]

In 1194, Muhammad returned to India and crossed theYamuna Riverwith an army of 50,000 horses and at theBattle of Chandawardefeated the forces of theGahadavalakingJayachandra,who was killed in action. After the battle, Muhammad continued his advance to the east, with his generalQutb ud-Din Aibakin the vanguard. The city ofBenares(Kashi) was taken and razed, and "idols in a thousand temples" were destroyed.[69][67][70]It is generally thought that the Buddhist city ofSarnathwas also ravaged at that time.[70][71]In 1196, Qutb ud-Din Aibak vanquished Sulakshanapala, the ruler of theKachchhapaghata dynastyofGwalior,capturingGwalior fort.[72]Also in 1196, Qutb ud-Din Aibakvanquisheda coalition of theRajputsofAjmerand theChaulukyasunder kingBhima IIatMount Abu,thereafter sackingAnhilwara.[72]

In 1202–1203 CE, Qutbu l-Din Aibak, now Ghurid governor ofDelhi,invaded theChandela kingdomin theGanges Valley.[73]The Ghurids toppled local dynasties and destroyed Hindu temples during their advance across northern India, in place constructingmosqueson the same sites.[54]The revenue and booty gained after sacking theHindutemples fuelled the efforts of Muhammad to finance his imperial aspirations in the west.[74]

Around 1203,Bakhtiyar Khalji,anotherTurkicgeneral of Muhammad of Ghor, swept down the lowerGangetic Plainand intoBengal.In Bihar, he is said to have destroyed Buddhist centers of learning such asNalanda University,greatly contributing to the decline of pre-Islamic Indic scholarship.[75][76]In Bengal, he sacked the ancient city ofNudiyain central Bengal, and established an Islamic government in the formerSenacapital ofLakhnautiin 1205.[77][78][79][80]

Muhammad placed his faithful Turkic generals, rather than his own Ghurid brethens, in position of authority over local tributary kings, throughout the conquered Indian lands.[54]After the asssasination of Muhammad in March 1206, his territories fragmented into smaller Sultanates led by his formerMamlukgenerals.Tajuddin Elduzbecame the ruler ofGhazni,Nasir-ud-Din Qabachabecame Sultan ofMultan,Bahauddin Tughrilbecame Sultan ofBayanaandQutb al-Din Aibakbecame Sultan ofDelhi.[81]Bakhtiyar Khiljibecame Sultan ofBengal,but was soon assassinated and succeeded by severalKhalji rulers,until Bengal was incorporated into theDelhiSultanate in 1227.[82][83]Between 1206 and 1228 the various Turkic rulers and their successors rivaled for preeminence until the Sultan of DelhiIltutmishprevailed, marking the advent of theMamluk dynasty.This was the first dynasty of theDelhi Sultanate,which in total had five dynasties and would rule most of India for more than three centuries until the advent of theMughal Empirein 1526.[54]

Decline and fall

Main article:Battle of Andkhud
See also:Battle of Jhelum (1206)
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The Ghurids and contemporary Asian politiesc.1215

Ghiyathdied on 13 March 1203 due togout[84]and was succeeded by Muhammad of Ghor as the sole ruler of the vast Ghurid Empire. Soon after,Alauddin Khwarazm Shahbesieged and captured some of the strongholds of the Ghurids aroundMerv,although Muhammad drove him back and further besieged their capitalGurgānj.[85]

Alauddin then appealed to his nominal suzerain theQara-Khitai,who dispatched a large contingent led byYelü Zhilugu.[85]In the ensuingBattle of Andkhud(1204), fought near the river Oxus, the Ghurid troops were completely routed by the combined forces of theQara-Khitaiand theKhwarizmians.[85]The defeat at Andkhud was a watershed for the Ghurids who lost their control over most of theKhurasan.Notwithstanding, Muhammad within a year or so raised a vast army and build bridge across the Oxus to launch a full-scale invasion ofTransoxianato avenge his defeat. However, he was forced to move towards Punjab to crush aKhokharrebellion whom hedefeated and massacredin large number. On his way back, Muhammad of Ghor was assassinated near the Indus on March 15, 1206.[86][87]

After the death of Muhammad Ghori in 1206, a confused struggle then ensued among the remaining Ghūrid leaders and theKhwarezmians.The Khwarezmians underAla al-Din MuhammadcapturedHeratandGhorin 1206, and finallyGhazniin 1215, completing the takeover of the western part of the Ghūrid empire.[85][54]The Ghurid capital was transferred toDelhi,recognizing Khwarazmian rule on north and centralAfghanistan.The Ghurids continued their rule on much of theIndian subcontinent,Sisitanregion ofIranand south ofAfghanistan.[88]Though the Ghūrids' empire was short-lived, Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad's conquests strengthened the foundations of Muslim rule in India.

Religion

The Ghurids positioned themselves as defenders ofSunnism.They had good relations with theAbbasidsinBaghdad,who urged them to repel the advances of theKwarizmiansinto western Persia.[89]Their conquests in India were also presented as a battle between the armies of Islam (lashkar-i Islam) and the armies of the unbelievers (lashkar-i kuffar), and gave them great prestige in the Islamic world as defenders of the orthodoxy.[90]

Culture

Ornamental bands on theMinaret of Jam,bearing the19th Suraof theKoran.

The Ghurids were great patrons ofPersian cultureandliteratureand lay the basis for aPersianizedstate in theIndian subcontinent.[7][91][92]However, most of the literature produced during the Ghurid era has been lost. They also transferredPersian architectureto India.[93]According toAmir Khusrau(died 1325), the Indians learned Persian because of the influence of the "Ghurids and Turks."[94]The notion of Persian kingship served as the basis for the imperial formation, political and cultural unity of the Ghurids.[95]

Out of the Ghurid state grew theDelhi Sultanatewhich established the Persian language as the official court language of the region – a status it retained until the lateMughal erain the 19th century.

There was a strong Turkic presence among the Ghurids, since Turk slave-soldiers formed the vanguard of the Ghurid armies.[96]There was intense amalgamation between these various ethnic groups: "a notable admixture of Tajik, Persian, Turkish and indigenous Afghan ethnicities therefore characterized the Shansabanis".[96]At least until the end of the 13th century when they ruled theMamluk Sultanatein India, the Turks in the Ghurid realm maintained their ethnical characteristics, continuing to use Turkish as their main language, rather than Persian, and persisting in their rude and bellicose ways as "men of the sword", in opposition to the Persian "men of the pen".[97]

  • The two mausoleums of Chisht (the western was built in 1167)
    The twomausoleumsofChisht(the western was built in 1167)
  • The eastern mausoleum of Chisht (built in 1194)
    The eastern mausoleum of Chisht (built in 1194)
  • Ruins of the Shah-i Mashhad madrasa (built in 1176)
    Ruins of theShah-i Mashhadmadrasa(built in 1176)
  • Ghurid arch in Qala-e-Bost
    Ghurid arch inQala-e-Bost
  • Great Mosque of Herat: Ghurid entrance (iwan) with remains of Ghurid inscriptions. 1200–1201 CE.[98]
    Great Mosque of Herat:Ghurid entrance (iwan) with remains of Ghurid inscriptions. 1200–1201 CE.[98]
  • Friday Mosque keyhole arch (Ghaznavid style)
    Friday Mosque keyhole arch (Ghaznavid style)
  • Ghiyath al-Din mausoleum, interior of portal
    Ghiyath al-Dinmausoleum, interior of portal
  • Ghiyath al-Din mausoleum, kufic inscriptions
    Ghiyath al-Din mausoleum, kufic inscriptions
  • Ghiyath al-Din mausoleum, naskhi inscription
    Ghiyath al-Din mausoleum, naskhi inscription

Metalwork of the Ghurid period

Ewer inscribed in the name of Mahmud b. Muhammad al-Harawi Khurasan, atHerat,and dated A.H. Sha'ban 577 (December 10, 1181–January 7, 1182).Georgian National Museum.Exhibit"Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs"(2016),Metropolitan Museum of Art.[99]

An important metalwork school was located inHeratduring the Ghurid period, following the conquest of the Seljuk city by the Ghurids in 1175.[49]In the Islamic world,inlaid metalworking,consisting of patterned silver inlays in a brass background, was first developed in the region ofKhurasanin the 12th century, by silversmiths facing a shortage of silver.[100]By the mid-12th century,Heratin particular had already gained a reputation for its high-quality inlaid metalwork, with works such as theBobrinski Bucket(dated inscription of 1163).[100]

A series of remarkable ewers is attributed to this Herat school of metalwork at the time of Ghurid rule, during the 1180–1200 period. One of them, now in theGeorgian National Museum,is marked with a poem in Persian which specifically records its manufacture in Herat in 1181–1182, and permits the attribution and dating of this group of ewers to 1180–1200 in Herat, at the time of Ghurid rule.[101][102][99]

My ewer is the most beautiful ewer of all time. Who in this world has anything like this today? Everyone who has seen it has said it is very beautiful. No one has seen its equal, for it is unparalleled

Look at the ewer from which spirit is born. It is the water of life that flows from it. Any stream that comes from it into the hand. Creates a new pleasure every moment

Look at the ewer that is praised by everyone. It would be worthy of service to an honored person like you Every eye that sees it opens wide. And says that nothing could be better than this

This water vessel is made inHerat.Who else could product anything like it (in the world)? Although the seven stars the Planets of the celestial sphere lift their heads high, May they look favorably upon him who produces such a ewer

Mercy be on him who makes such a ewer. May he be given silver and gold for making it. May good fortune come to him and caress him in friendship. May affliction be removed and given to his enemies

— Ewer in the name of Mahmud b. Muhammad al-Harawi Khurasan, Herat, dated A.H. Sha'ban 577 (December 10, 1181–January 7, 1182). Brass; raised, repousse, engraved, inlaid with copper and silver.Georgian National Museum,Janashia Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi (19-2008;32).[103][99]

The practice of inlaying "required relatively few tools" and the technique spread westward, perhaps by Khurasani artisans moving to other cities.[100]By the turn of the 13th century, the silver-inlaid-brass technique had reachedMosulunder the TurkicZengid dynasty(area of modernIraq).[100]

List of rulers

Coinage Titular Name(s) Personal Name Reign
Amir
امیر 		Amir Banji
امیر سوری 		8th-century
Malik
ملک 		Amir Suri
امیر سوری 		9th-century – 10th-century
Malik
ملک 		Muhammad ibn Suri
محمد بن سوری 		10th-century – 1011
As vassals of theGhaznavid Empire
Malik
ملک 		Abu Ali ibn Muhammad
ابوعلی بن محمد 		1011–1035
Malik
ملک 		Abbas ibn Shith
عباس بن شیث 		1035 – 1060
Malik
ملک 		Muhammad ibn Abbas
محمد بن عباس 		1060 – 1080
Malik
ملک 		Qutb al-din Hasan
قطب الدین حسن 		1080 – 1100
As vassals of theSeljuk Empire
Abul-Muluk
ابولملک 		Izz al-Din Husayn
عز الدین حسین 		1100–1146
Malik
ملک 		Sayf al-Din Suri
سیف الدین سوری 		1146–1149
Malik
ملک 		Baha al-Din Sam I
بهاء الدین سام 		1149
Malik
ملک
Sultan al-Muazzam
سلطان المعظم 		Ala al-Din Husayn
علاء الدین حسین 		1149–1161
As independent rulers
Malik
ملک 		Sayf al-Din Muhammad
سیف الدین محمد 		1161–1163
Ghurids (Ghur & Ghazna). Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad. AH 558–599 AD 1163–1203. Baldat Herat mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202–3). Sultan Abul-Fateh
سلطان ابوالفتح 		Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad
غیاث الدین محمد 		1163–1203
Coin of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, AH 599–602 1171–1206 CEIndian coinage (Pagoda) of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad. Obverse: Lakshmi seated facing. Reverse: śri maha/[mi]ra mahama/da sama in Devanagari. Sultan Shahāb-ud-din Muhammad Ghori
سلطان شهاب الدین محمد غوری 		Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad
معز الدین محمد 		1203–1206
As vassals of theKhwarazmian Empire
Coin of Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud. AH 602–609 1206–1212 CE Sultan
سلطان 		Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud
غیاث الدین محمود 		1206–1212
Sultan
سلطان 		Baha al-Din Sam III
بهاء الدین سام 		1212–1213
Sultan
سلطان 		Ala al-Din Atsiz
علاء الدین دراست 		1213–1214
Sultan
سلطان 		Ala al-Din Ali
علاء الدین علی 		1214–1215
Khwarazmianconquest

Bamiyan Branch

Coinage Titular Name(s) Personal Name Reign
As independent rulers
Malik
ملک 		Fakhr al-Din Masud
فخرالدین مسعود 		1152–1163
Ghurids (Bamiyan). Shams al-Din Muhammad. AH 558–588 AD 1163–1192. Malik
ملک 		Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud
شمس الدین محمد بن مسعود 		1163–1192
Malik
ملک 		Abbas ibn Muhammad
عباس بن محمد 		1192
Ghurids (Bamiyan). Baha' al-Din Sam. AH 588–602 AD 1192–1206. Wakhsh mint. Malik
ملک
Abul-Mu'ayyid
ابوالمؤید 		Baha al-Din Sam II
بهاء الدین سام 		1192–1206
As vassal of theKhwarazmian Empire
Coin of Jalal_al-Din_Ali. Malik
ملک 		Jalal al-Din Ali
جلال الدین علی 		1206–1215
Khwarazmianconquest

Ghurid family tree

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^Schwartzberg, Joseph E.(1978).A Historical Atlas of South Asia.Oxford University Press, Digital South Asia Library. p. 147, Map "g".
  2. ^abEaton 2019,p. 38.
  3. ^Bosworth, C.E. (1 January 1998).History of Civilizations of Central Asia.UNESCO. pp. 432–433.ISBN978-92-3-103467-1.
  4. ^Thomas 2018,p. 26, Figure I:2.
  5. ^Schmidt, Karl J. (2015).An Atlas and Survey of South Asian History.Routledge. p. 37, Map 16.2.ISBN978-1-317-47681-8.
  6. ^History of Civilizations of Central Asia.UNESCO. 1998.ISBN978-92-3-103467-1.In 1201 Ghurid troops entered Khurasan and captured Nishapur, Merv, Sarakhs and Tus, reaching as far as Gurgan and Bistam. Kuhistan, a stronghold of the Ismailis, was plundered and all Khurasan was brought temporarily under Ghurid control
  7. ^abcdefgBosworth 2001b.
  8. ^Turkish History and Culture in India: Identity, Art and Transregional Connections.Brill. 2020. p. 237.ISBN978-90-04-43736-4.In 1205, Bakhtīyar Khilji sacked Nudiya, the pre-eminent city of western Bengal and established an Islamic government at Laukhnauti, the capital of the predecessor Sena dynasty. On this occasion, commemorative coins were struck in gold and silver in the name of Muhammad b. Sām
  9. ^Auer 2021,p. 6.
  10. ^Firuzkuh: the summer capital of the GhuridsArchived6 April 2012 at theWayback Machine,by David Thomas, p. 18.
  11. ^The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-volume set,by Jonathan Bloom, Sheila Blair, p. 108.
  12. ^The Development of Persian Culture under the Early Ghaznavids,C.E. Bosworth,Iran,Vol. 6, (1968), 35;; "Like the Ghaznavids whom they supplanted, the Ghurids had their court poets, and these wrote inPersian"
  13. ^abcO'Neal 2015.
  14. ^Minorsky, Vladmir (1970).Ḥudūd al-'Ālam, "The Regions of the World,".Leningrad: University Press, Oxford. p. 110.ISBN9780906094037.
  15. ^The Ghurids,K.A. Nizami,History of Civilizations of Central Asia,Vol.4, Part 1, ed. M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth, (Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1999), 178.
  16. ^Bang, Peter Fibiger; Bayly, C. A.; Scheidel, Walter (2020).The Oxford World History of Empire: Volume One: The Imperial Experience.Oxford University Press. pp. 92–94.ISBN978-0-19-977311-4.
  17. ^Barisitz, Stephan (2017).Central Asia and the Silk Road: Economic Rise and Decline over Several Millennia.Springer. p. 94.ISBN978-3-319-51213-6.
  18. ^Elphinstone, Mountstuart.The History of India. Vol. 1. J. Murray, 1841. Web. 29 April 2010.Link:"...the prevalent and apparently the correct opinion is, that both they and their subjects were Afghans."&"In the time of Sultan Mahmud it was held, as has been observed, by a prince whom Ferishta calls Mohammed Soory (or Sur) Afghan."pp. 598–599
  19. ^A short history of India: and of the frontier states of Afghanistan, Nipal, and Burma,Wheeler, James TalboysArchived9 June 2007 at theWayback Machine,(LINK):"The next conqueror after Mahmud who made a name in India, was Muhammad Ghori, the Afghan."
  20. ^Balfour, Edward.The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial Industrial, and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1885. Web. 29 April 2010.Link:"IZ-ud-DIN Husain, the founder of the Ghori dynaasty, was a native of Afghanistan. The origin of the house of Ghor has, however, been much discussed, – the prevailing opinion being that both they and their subjects were an Afghan race."p. 392
  21. ^abM. Longworth Dames; G. Morgenstierne; R. Ghirshman (1999). "AFGHĀNISTĀN ".Encyclopaedia of Islam(CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0 ed.). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV."... there is no evidence for assuming that the inhabitants of Ghūr were originally Pashto-speaking (cf. Dames, in E I1). If we are to believe the Paṭa Khazāna (see below, iii), the legendary Amīr Karōṝ, grandson of Shansab, (8th century) was a Pashto poet, but this for various reasons is very improbable..."
  22. ^Richard Eaton(2000).Essays on Islam and Indian History.Oxford University Press. p. 100.ISBN978-0-19-565114-0.The dynamics of north Indian politics changed dramatically, however, when the Ghurids, a dynasty of Tajik (eastern Iranian), origin arrived from central Afghanistan towards the end of twelfth century
  23. ^Encyclopaedia of Islam,"Ghurids", C.E. Bosworth, Online Edition, 2006:"... The Shansabānīs were, like the rest of theGhūrīs, of eastern Iranian Tājik stock... "
  24. ^Wink 2020,p. 78.
  25. ^Cynthia Talbot,The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Chauhan and the Indian Past, 1200–2000,(Cambridge University Press, 2016), 36.
  26. ^Flood, Finbarr B. (2018).Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim" Encounter.Princeton University Press. p. 92.ISBN978-0-691-18074-8.
  27. ^Avari, Burjor (2013).Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent.Routledge. p. 41.ISBN978-0-415-58061-8.
  28. ^abWink, André(2010). "The early expansion of Islam in India". InMorgan, David O.;Reid, Anthony(eds.).The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 3: The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 96.ISBN978-0-521-85031-5.
  29. ^Flood, Finbarr Barry (2009).Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim" Encounter.Princeton University Press. p. 3.ISBN978-0-691-12594-7.
  30. ^Encyclopaedia of Islam,"Ghurids", C.E. Bosworth, Online Edition, 2006:"... There is nothing to confirm the recent surmise that theGhūids were Pashto-speaking [...] the Paṭa Khazāna "Treasury of secrets", claims to include Pashto poetry from theGhūid period, but the significance of this work has not yet been evaluated... "
  31. ^"Encyclopaedia Iranica (Ghurids)".iranicaonline.org.Ḡazna and Bost suffered frightful sackings by ʿAlāʾ-al-Dīn Ḥosayn, in which colleges and libraries were despoiled, and the buildings of previous sultans destroyed (Jūzjānī, pp. 343–345; Čahār maqāla, ed. Qazvīnī, p. 31), earning him the uneviable epithet of Jahānsūz (world incendiary).
  32. ^abBosworth 2001a,pp. 578–583.
  33. ^Wink 1991,p. 136.
  34. ^Thomas 2018,p. 55.
  35. ^Thomas 2018,p. 56.
  36. ^abWink 1991,p. 138.
  37. ^Wink 1991,pp. 136–137.
  38. ^Bosworth 1968,p. 163.
  39. ^Flood, Finbarr Barry (2022).Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval 'Hindu-Muslim' Encounter.Princeton University Press. p. 105.ISBN978-1-4008-3324-5.
  40. ^abFlood, Finbarr Barry (2022).Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval 'Hindu-Muslim' Encounter.Princeton University Press. p. 90.ISBN978-1-4008-3324-5.
  41. ^Bosworth, Edmond."Encyclopaedia Iranica (Ghurids)".iranicaonline.org.In the west, Ḡīāṯ-al-Dīn, often in concert with his brother, extended his suzerainty over the maleks of Nīmrūz or Sīstān and even over the Kermān branch of the Saljuqs.
  42. ^abcEncyclopaedia Iranica, Ghurids.The actual fighting in Khorasan at this time was largely between the Ghurids and Tekeš's brother Solṭānšāh, who had carved out for himself personally a principality in western Khorasan, until in 586/1190. Ḡīāṯ-al–Dīn and Moʿezz-al-Dīn defeated Solṭānšāh near Marv in 588/1192, captured him, and took over his territories (Jūzjānī, I, 303–304, tr. I, pp. 246–247). When Tekeš died in 596/1200 (Ebn al-Aṯīr, Beirut, XII, pp. 156–158), Ḡīāṯ-al-Dīn was able to take over most of the towns of Khorasan as far west as Besṭām in Qūmes.
  43. ^Encyclopaedia Iranica, Ghurids.ʿAlāʾ-al-Dīn Ḥosayn's expansionist policies raised the Ghurids into a power of significance well beyond Ḡūr itself. Latterly, he was able to take advantage of a certain power-vacuum in the eastern Islamic world which had arisen through the decay of the Ghaznavids and the collapse of Saljuq power in Khorasan consequent on Sanjar's defeat and capture by the Ḡozz (q.v.) in 548/1153.
  44. ^"Encyclopedia Iranica, Sanjar".iranicaonline.org.
  45. ^Mohammad Habib(1992). "The Asiatic Environment". In Mohammad Habib; Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (eds.).A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206–1526).Vol. 5 (Second ed.). The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. p. 44.OCLC31870180.At this juncture Sultan Ghiyasuddin Ghuri died at Herat on 27 Jamadi I.A H 599 (13 March A.D 1203)
  46. ^Bosworth 1968,p. 168.
  47. ^Chandra 2007,p. 73: "Muizzuddin led his last campaign into India in 1206 in order to deal with the Khokhar rebellion. He resorted to large-scale slaughter of the Khokhars and cowed them down. On his way back to Ghazni, he was killed by a Muslim fanatic belonging to a rival sect"
  48. ^Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978).A Historical atlas of South Asia.Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 37, 147.ISBN0226742210.
  49. ^abcFlood, Finbarr B. (2018).Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim" Encounter.Princeton University Press. pp. 115–117.ISBN978-0-691-18074-8.
  50. ^Goron, Stan; Goenka, J. P.; Robinson (numismatist.), Michael (2001).The Coins of the Indian Sultanates: Covering the Area of Present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.Munshiram Manoharlal.ISBN978-81-215-1010-3.Obverse: horseman to left holding a mace, margin with date in Nagari Samvat 1262 Bhadrapada. Reverse: legend in Nagari śrīmat mahamada sāmaḥ. Issued in AD 1204
  51. ^Thapar 2004,pp. 421, 433–434: "The campigns saw Muhammad in control of Lahore and led to the visions of further conquests in India. An attack was launched on the Rajput kingdoms controlling the watershed and the western Ganges Plain, now beginning to be viewed as the frontier.."
  52. ^Thapar 2004,p. 433.
  53. ^Wink 1991,p. 139–140.
  54. ^abcdefEaton 2019,pp. 39–45.
  55. ^Wink 1991,p. 143.
  56. ^abThapar 2004,p. 434.
  57. ^Asoke Kumar Majumdar (1956).Chaulukyas of Gujarat.Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. pp. 131–132.OCLC4413150.
  58. ^Chandra 2007,p. 68: "In 1173, Shahabuddin, Muhammad (1173–1206 (also known as Muizzuddin Muhammad bin Sam) ascended the throne at Ghazni, while his elder brother was ruling at Ghur. Proceeding by way of the Gomal pass, Muizzuddin Muhammad conquered Multan and Uchch. In 1178, he attempted to penetrate into Gujarat by marching across the Rajputana desert. But the Gujarat ruler completely routed him in a battle near Mount Abu, and Muizzuddin Muhammad was lucky in escaping alive. He now realised the necessity of creating a suitable base in the Punjab before venturing upon the conquest of India. Accordingly he launched a campaign against the Ghaznavid possessions in the Punjab. By 1190, Muizzuddin Muhammad had conquered Peshawar, Lahore and Sialkot, and was poised fora thrust towards Delhi and the Gangetic doab"
  59. ^Bosworth 1977,p. 129.
  60. ^Wink 1991,p. 144.
  61. ^Bosworth 2001a.
  62. ^abEaton, Richard M. (1993).The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760.Berkeley · Los Angeles · London: University of California Press. p. Chapter 1–2.
  63. ^Hermann Kulke;Dietmar Rothermund(2004).A History of India.Psychology Press. p. 167.ISBN978-0-415-32919-4."The first battle of Tarain was won by the Rajput confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan of Ajmer. But when Muhammad of Ghur returned the following year with 10,000 archers on horseback he vanquished Prithviraj and his army
  64. ^Thapar 2004,pp. 434–435.
  65. ^Jayapalan, N. (2001).History of India.Atlantic Publishers & Distri.ISBN978-81-7156-928-1.
  66. ^Jayapalan, N. (2001).History of India.Atlantic Publishers & Distri. pp. 1–3.ISBN978-81-7156-928-1.
  67. ^abMohammad Habib(1981).K. A. Nizami(ed.).Politics And Society During The Early Medieval Period Vol. 2.People's Publishing House. p. 116.In the winter of A.D. 1194–1195 Shihabuddin once more marched into Hindustan and invaded the doab. Rai Jaichand moved forward to met him....then description of Chandwar struggle (...) Shihabuddin captured the treasure fort of Asni and then proceeded to Benaras, 'where he converted about thousand idol-temples into house for the Musalmans.
  68. ^Jayapalan, N. (2001).History of India.Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 2.ISBN978-81-7156-928-1.
  69. ^Chandra 2007,p. 71: "In 1194, Muizzuddin returned to India. He crossed the Jamuna with 50,000 cavalry and moved towards Kanauj. A hotly contested battle between Muizzuddin and Jaichandra was fought at Chandawar near Kanauj. We are told that Jaichandra had almost carried the day when he was killed by an arrow, and his army was totally defeated. Muizzuddin now moved on to Banaras which was ravaged, a large number of temples there being destroyed"
  70. ^abAsher, Frederick M. (2020).Sarnath: A Critical History of the Place Where Buddhism Began.Getty Publications. p. 11.ISBN978-1-60606-616-4.And then, in 1193, Qutb-ud-din Aibek, the military commander of Muhammad of Ghor's army, marched towards Varanasi, where he is said to have destroyed idols in a thousand temples. Sarnath very likely was among the casualties of this invasion, one all too often seen as a Muslim invasion whose primary purpose was iconoclasm. It was of course, like any premodern military invasion, intended to acquire land and wealth
  71. ^Asher, Frederick M. (2020).Sarnath: A Critical History of the Place Where Buddhism Began.Getty Publications. p. 74.ISBN978-1-60606-616-4.
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  73. ^Sisirkumar Mitra 1977,pp. 123–126.
  74. ^Thapar 2004,pp. 434, 436.
  75. ^Roy, Himanshu (2021).Political Thought in Indic Civilization.Sage Publishing India. p. 6.ISBN978-93-5479-159-8.After the arrival of Islam, the universities such as Nalanda and Vikramshila were no longer existent. The destruction of Nalanda by Bakhtiyar Khalji was the last nail in this pre-Islamic Indic university, which had survived three major destructions
  76. ^Koh, Tommy; Singh, Hernaikh (2020).India on Our Minds: Essays by Tharman Shanmugaratnam and 50 Singaporean Friends of India.World Scientific. p. 91.ISBN978-981-12-2453-9.
  77. ^Turkish History and Culture in India: Identity, Art and Transregional Connections.Brill. 2020. p. 237.ISBN978-90-04-43736-4.
  78. ^Majumdar, R. C. (1973).History of Mediaeval Bengal.Calcutta: G. Bharadwaj & Co. pp. 1–2.OCLC1031074.Tradition gives him credit for the conquest of Bengal but as a matter of fact he could not subjugate the greater part of Bengal... All that Bakhtyār can justly take credit for is that by his conquest of Western and a part of Northern Bengal he laid the foundation of the Muslim State in Bengal. The historians of the 13th century never attributed the conquest of the whole of Bengal to Bakhtyār.
  79. ^Mehta, Jaswant Lal (1986) [First published 1979].Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India.Vol. I (2nd ed.). Sterling Publishers. pp. 81–82.ISBN978-81-207-0617-0.OCLC883279992.The Turkish arms penetrated into Bihar and Bengal, through the enterprising efforts of Ikhtiyaruddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji... he started plundering raids into Bihar and, within four or five years, occupied a large part of it... Nadia was sacked by the Turks and a few districts of Bengal (Malda, Dinajpur, Murshidabad and Birbhum) were occupied by them... Bathtiyar Khalji could not retain his hold over Nadia and made Lakhnauti or Gaur as his capital.
  80. ^Thakur, Amrendra Kumar (1992).India and the Afghans: A study of a neglected region, 1370–1576 A.D.Janaki Prakashan. p. 148.ISBN9788185078687.
  81. ^K. A. Nizami(1992). "The Early Turkish Sultans of Delhi". In Mohammad Habib; Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (eds.).A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206–1526).Vol. 5 (Second ed.). The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. p. 201.OCLC31870180.
  82. ^Nafziger, George F.; Walton, Mark W. (2003).Islam at War: A History.Praeger Publishers. p.56.ISBN9780275981013.
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  87. ^Bosworth 1968,p. 165.
  88. ^Ira M. Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press 2002
  89. ^Bosworth, Edmond."Encyclopaedia Iranica (Ghurids)".iranicaonline.org.The Ghurids adopted the role of defenders of Sunnism. They had cordial relations with the ʿAbbasids in Baghdad, frequently exchanging embassies (Jūzjānī's father took part in one of the last, Jūzjānī, I, p. 361, tr. p. 383). Ḡīāṯ-al-Dīn was admitted to al-Nāṣer's fotūwa order, and the caliph more than once urged the Ghurids to halt the advance into western Persia of the Ḵᵛārazmšāhs (Jūzjānī, I, 302, tr. I, p. 243).
  90. ^Flood, Finbarr Barry (2022).Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval 'Hindu-Muslim' Encounter.Princeton University Press. p. 106.ISBN978-1-4008-3324-5.
  91. ^Persian Literature in the Safavid Period,Z. Safa, The Cambridge history of Iran: The Timurid and Safavid periods, Vol. 6, Ed. Peter Jackson and Laurence Lockhart,(Cambridge University Press, 1986), 951; "...Ghurids and Ghurid mamluks, all of whom established centres in India where poets and writers received ample encouragement.".
  92. ^Patel, Alka (University of California) (2017).The Coming of the Mongols.Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 19–25.ISBN978-1-78673-383-2.
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  94. ^Auer 2021,p. 30.
  95. ^Auer 2021,p. 12.
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  97. ^Eaton 2019,pp. 48–49.
  98. ^Flood, Finbarr Barry (2022).Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim" Encounter.Princeton University Press. pp. 105–106.ISBN978-1-4008-3324-5.
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  102. ^ab"Ewer".The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Retrieved4 January2024.At the time that this ewer and the group of long-necked ewers to which it relates were produced, Herat was under the control of the Ghurids, not the Seljuqs, but evidence strongly suggests that these pieces were exported to centers in Seljuq Iran and elsewhere.
  103. ^Metropolitan Museum of Art notice

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