Ghurid - Ghurid Dynasty

Ghurid Dynasty

Titular Name(s) Personal Name Reign
Malik
Muhammad bin Shansabani
? – 1011
Malik
Abu Ali bin Muhammad
1011–1030s?
Malik
Abbas bin Shith
1030s? – 1059?
Malik
Muhammad bin Abbas
1059 – ?
Malik
Qutb-ud-din Hasan bin Muhammad
Abul-Muluk
Izz-ud-din Hussain bin Hasan
1100–1146
Malik
Saif-ud-din Sām bin Hussain
1146–1149
Malik
Baha-ud-din Sām bin Hussain
?
Malik

Jahan-Suz
Ala-ud-din Hussain bin Hussain
Malik
Saif-ud-din Muhammad bin Hussain
1161–1163
Sultan Abul-Fateh
Ghiyāṣ-ud-din Muhammad bin Sām
1163–1203
Sultan Shahāb-ud-din Muhammad Ghori
Muizz-ud-din Muhammad bin Sām
1203–1206
Break up of the Ghurid Empire under Turkic slaves: Qutb-ud-din Aibak becomes ruler of Delhi in 1206, establishing the Sultanate of Delhi; Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha became ruler of Multan in 1210; Tajuddin Yildoz became ruler of Ghazni; Ikhtiyar Uddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji became ruler of Bengal; the actual Ghurid dynasty divided into two groups, one under Mahmud bin Ghiyāṣ-ud-din Muhammad bin Sām who succeeded his uncle Muhammad of Ghor in possession of Ghor, Herat, Sistan and eastern Khorasan with his capital at Firuzkuh the other family group under Jalal-ud-din Ali bin Sām at Bamiyan with possession of Tukharistan, Badakhshan, Shughnan, Vakhsh and Chaghaniyan.
  • Blue shaded rows signifies Ghurid vassalage under the Ghaznavids.
  • Yellow shaded rows signifies Ghurid vassalage under the Seljuks.


  • Sultan Ghiyāṣ-ud-din Muhammad bin Sām

  • Sultan Shahāb-ud-din Muhammad Ghuri

  • Map showing the eastern part of the empire extending into northern India along the Ganges

  • Asia in 1200 C.E., showing the Ghurid Sultanate and its neighbors.

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