| Ala al-Din Tekish | |||||
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 Tekish's mausoleum, Kone-Urgench, Turkmenistan | |||||
| Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire | |||||
| Reign | 11 December 1172 – 3 July 1200 | ||||
| Coronation | 11 December 1172 | ||||
| Predecessor | Il-Arslan | ||||
| Successor | Muhammad II | ||||
| Regent | Terken Khatun | ||||
| Born | Konye-Urgench | ||||
| Died | 3 July 1200 | ||||
| Spouse | Terken Khatun Inanj Khatun Fulana Khatun | ||||
| Issue | Ala ad-Din Muhammad Taj ad-Din Ali-Shah Yunus-Khan Toghan-Toghdi Malik-Shah Princess Shah-Khatun | ||||
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| House | House of Anushtegin | ||||
| Father | Il-Arslan | ||||
| Mother | Terken Khatun | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Ala al-Din Tekish (Persian: علاء الدين تكش; full name: Ala ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul Muzaffar Tekish ibn Il-Arslan) or Tekesh or Takesh was the Shah of Khwarazmian Empire from 1172 to 1200. He was the son of Il-Arslan. His rule was contested by his brother, Sultan Shah, who held a principality in Khorasan. Tekish inherited Sultan Shah's state after he died in 1193. In Turkic, the name Tekish means he who strikes in battle.
In 1194, Tekish defeated the Seljuk sultan of Hamadan, Toghrul III, in an alliance with Caliph Al-Nasir, and conquered his territories. After the war, he broke with the Caliphate and was on the brink of a war with it until the Caliph accepted him as Sultan of Iran, Khorasan, and Turkestan in 1198.
He died of a peritonsillar abscess in 1200 and was succeeded by his son, Ala ad-Din Muhammad.
References
- Michal Biran (21 August 2008). 《Empire Qara Khitai Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World》. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0521066020.
Tekish entered Khwārazm and was enthroned as Khwārazm Shāh on December 11 , 1172.
- Mohammad Habib (1992). "THE KHWARAZMIAN EMPIRE". In Mohammad Habib; Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (eds.). A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526). Vol. 5 (Second ed.). The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. p. 41. OCLC 31870180.
- Muhammad Abdul Ghafur (1964). "〈The Relation of the Ghurids with the Caliph〉". 《Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan》. 9 (2). Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Asiatic Society of Pakistan: 115.
However , the political purpose of the Caliph was well served by the Ghurid . Khwarizm Shah could not undertake the risk of advancing to Baghdad leaving at the rear a powerful enemy like the Ghurid . Takash died on 12 Ramadan 596 , July 3 , 1200 and his son Muhammad was proclaimed Khwarizm Shah on August 3 , 1200 A. D.
- "TEKIŠ B. IL ARSLĀN" Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 30 August 2014
- Juvaini, Ala-ad-Din Ata-Malik, History of the World Conqueror, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1997. p. 314.
Sources
- Bosworth, C. E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)". In Frye, R. N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–202. ISBN 0-521-06936-X.
| Preceded byIl-Arslan | Shah of the Khwarezmian Empire 11 December 1172 – 3 July 1200 |
Succeeded byMuhammad II |
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