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The Ghurid Dynasty and Persia

Type Event Region Persia/Afghanistan Time 1195

In the 1190s, under the brothers Ghiyath al-Din and Mu'izz al-Din, the Ghurid dynasty advanced from the Afghan highlands into eastern Persia and Khur…

Timeline

  1. 1191–1193Firuzkuh (Ghur) · GhurSultan Ghiyath al-Din based himself in the Ghurid highlands while Mu'izz al-Din led military expeditions; this division of rule made the Ghurid dynasty the strongest Islamic polity in Afghanistan and prepared the advance into Persia.
  2. 1195–1198Herat · HeratGhurid forces captured Herat and controlled western Khurasan, replacing the local Seljuk and Khwarazmian remnants and extending Ghurid influence to the fringes of the Persian heartland.
  3. 1198–1200Nishapur · NishapurThe Ghurids and Khwarazmians repeatedly contested eastern Khurasan, with cities like Nishapur becoming focal points of seesaw warfare, laying the direct background for Khwarazm's eventual seizure of Khurasan around 1198.

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