Ghurid dynasty
The Ghūrids, or Ghorids (Persian: سلسله غوریان; self-designation: شنسبانی, Shansabānī), were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Iranian origin from the Ghor region of present-day central Afghanistan, but the exact ethnic origin is uncertain although they are commonly said to have been Tajiks.[1] The dynasty converted to Sunni Islam from Buddhism[2][3] after the conquest of Ghor by the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in 1011. The dynasty overthrew the Ghaznavid Empire in 1186 when Sultan Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad of Ghor conquered the last Ghaznavid capital of Lahore.[4]
Ghurid Dynasty Media
Coinage of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad. Dated AH 601 (1204/5 CE), Ghazni mint.
The Ghurids originated from Ghor Province in central Afghanistan.
Fortress and Ghurid arch of Qala-e-Bost as printed on an Afghan banknote.
The last stand of Rajputs, depicting the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192
Bengal coinage of Turkic general Bakhtiyar Khalji (1204–1206 CE). Struck in the name of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, dated Samvat 1262 (1204 CE).
Ornamental bands on the Minaret of Jam, bearing the 19th Sura of the Koran.
Ghurids (Ghur & Ghazna). Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad. AH 558–599 AD 1163–1203. Baldat Herat mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202–3).
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Coin of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, AH 599–602 1171–1206 CE
Indian coinage (Pagoda) of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad. Obverse: Lakshmi seated facing. Reverse: śri maha/[mi]ra mahama/da sama in Devanagari.
Coin of Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud. AH 602–609 1206–1212 CE
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References
- ↑ Bosworth 2001b, pp. 586–590.
- ↑ Satish Chandra, Medieval India:From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526), Part 1, (Har-Anand Publications, 2006), 22.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kingdoms of South Asia – Afghanistan in Far East Kingdoms: Persia and the East
