Ala al-Din Husayn (Jahansuz)

Type Figure Region Ghur Time 1110–1161 Also known as World Burner

Ala al-Din Husayn (d. 1161), Ghurid sultan (c.1149–1161), sacked and burned Ghazni in 1150/51, earning the name Jahansuz (World Burner).

Timeline

1130–1149Firuzkuh · GhurHusayn came from the Shansabani family of the Ghur highlands. After his brother Sayf al-Din Suri's attack on Ghazni was defeated and killed by Bahram Shah, he took supreme power in Ghur around 1149, preparing to avenge the Ghaznavid dynasty.
1150–1151Ghazni · GhazniAround 1150/51 he defeated Bahram Shah at Tiginabad and elsewhere, entered Ghazni, set fires and looted for several days, exhumed and destroyed most of the Ghaznavid sultans' tombs, and ruined the Bust palace, thereby gaining the title Jahansuz (World Burner).
1152–1161Herat River valley · HeratIn 1152 he refused to continue paying tribute to the Seljuk Sanjar, was defeated and captured in the Hari River valley, and was released after paying a huge ransom. After Sanjar was captured by the Oghuz, he turned to developing Gharjistan, Tokharistan, and Bamiyan, dying in 1161.

ʿALĀʾ-AL-DĪN ḤOSAYN JAHĀNSŪZ https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ala-al-din-hosayn-b/
The Ghurids in Khurasan — C. E. Bosworth 等