Baha al-Din Sam III
Appearance
Baha al-Din Sam III | |
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Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty | |
Reign | 1212–1213 |
Predecessor | Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud |
Successor | Ala al-Din Atsiz |
Born | Ghor |
Died | 1213 |
House | Ghurid |
Father | Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Baha al-Din Sam III (Pashto),بهاء الدین سام was Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty from 1212 to 1213. He was the son and successor of Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud.
Biography
Baha al-Din Sam III was the son of Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, who was assassinated in 1212. After Ghiyath's assassination, Baha al-Din Sam III ascended the Ghurid throne. One year later, however, he was carried by the Khwarazmian-Shahs to Khwarezm.[1] He was then succeeded by his relative Ala al-Din Atsiz.
References
- ^ The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 161-170.
Sources
- C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- 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.