In Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām Muʿizz al-Dīn’s elder brother, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, acquired power east of Herāt in the region of Ghūr (Ghowr, in present Afghanistan) about 1162. Muʿizz al-Dīn always remained his brother’s loyal subordinate. Thus Muʿizz al-Dīn expelled the Oğuz Turkmen nomads from Ghazna (Ghaznī) in 1173 and came as required to his… Read More
contribution to Ghūrid sultanate
In Ghūrid sultanate …his triumph enabled his nephews Ghiyāth al-Dīn and Muʿizz al-Dīn to retake the city in 1173 from the Oğuz Turkmen nomads who had ruled it since the fall of the Ghaznavids. Read More
history of India
In India: The Delhi sultanate …principally between his two nephews, Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad and Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām, commonly called Muḥammad of Ghūr. Ghiyāth al-Dīn ruled over Ghūr from Fīrūz-Kūh and looked toward Khorāsān, while Muḥammad of Ghūr was established in Ghazna and began to try his luck in India for expansion. The Ghūrid… Read More
