Shihab ad-Din Ghuri

Type Figure Region Ghur Time c. 1149–1206 Also known as Muhammad Ghuri

Ghurid military commander and sultan, c. 1149–1206, titled Shihab ad-Din; shared rule east and west with his brother Ghiyas ad-Din, led Indian campai…

Timeline

1163–1172Firozkoh · GhurSon of Bah ad-Din Sam; worked with his brother Ghiyas ad-Din Muhammad after the latter's accession in 1163: the brother governed the west from Firozkoh, while the younger took Ghazni as his base. After capturing Ghazni from the Ghuzz in 1173, the brothers divided east and west; the brother was still alive in 1202/1203, not dead in 1173.
1173–1180Lahore · PunjabAfter capturing Ghazni from the Ghuzz in 1173, he made India his base, promptly leading his army into the Indian subcontinent, taking Multan, Uchh and elsewhere, establishing forward bases in Punjab to prepare for subsequent wars against the Rajput states.
1181–1206Delhi · DelhiDefeated Prithviraj at the Battle of Tarain in 1192, occupied Delhi, then conquered vast territories of the Gangetic plain, bringing northwestern India under Islamic rule; after his death he was succeeded in holding Delhi by his general Qutb al-Din Aibak.

Sources

Muhammad of Ghor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_of_Ghor
The Cambridge History of India, Volume IV: The Mughal Period (1958)
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad b. Sam — C. E. Bosworth