Taj al-Din Zangi

Taj al-Din Zangi
Emir of Bamiyan
Reign	1200-1204/5
Predecessor	Khwarazmian administration
Successor	Khwarazmian conquest
Born	12th-century Bamiyan
Died	Near Sarakhs 1204/5
House	Ghurid
Father	Fakhr al-Din Masud
Religion	Sunni Islam

Taj al-Din Zangi (Persian: تاج الدین زنگی‎‎) was the Ghurid ruler of Sarakhs from ca. 1200 to 1204/5.

Biography

He was the son of the Ghurid ruler of Bamiyan, Fakhr al-Din Masud. Zangi also had a brother named Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud. Zangi is first mentioned during the Ghurid conquest of western Khorasan, where he was appointed as the governor of Sarakhs, and was also given Abiward and Nasa as part of his domains.^[1] In 1201/2, the Khwarazm-shah Muhammad II invaded Khorasan, and besieged Sarakhs. However, Zangi managed to trick Muhammad II by pretending to leave the city to him, but then pillaged a Khwarazmian camp, where he many to get supplies for his army and city.^[2] The Ghurid prince Nasir al-Din Muhammad Kharnak shortly came to the aid of Zangi, and inflicted a heavy defeat on the Khwarazmians.^[2] In 1204/5, Taj al-Din Zangi was killed by the Khwarmazians near Sarakhs.

References

↑ Richards 2010, p. 87.
1 2 Richards 2010, p. 65.

Sources

C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
Bosworth, C. E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)". In Frye, R. N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–202. ISBN 0-521-06936-X.
Richards, D.S. (2010). The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 3. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 1–344. ISBN 9780754669524.

Preceded by Khwarazmian administration	Malik of the Bamiyan 1192-1206	Succeeded by Khwarazmian conquest

Ghurid dynasty

In Ghur (before 879–1215)	Amir Suri Muhammad ibn Suri Abu Ali ibn Muhammad Abbas ibn Shith Muhammad ibn Abbas Qutb al-din Hasan Izz al-Din Husayn Sayf al-Din Suri Baha al-Din Sam I Ala al-Din Husayn Sayf al-Din Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Baha al-Din Sam III Ala al-Din Atsiz Ala al-Din Ali

In Ghazni (1151-1152 and 1173–1215)	Ala al-Din Husayn Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad Ala al-Din Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Baha al-Din Sam III Ala al-Din Atsiz Ala al-Din Ali

In Bamiyan (1152–1215)	Fakhr al-Din Masud Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud Abbas ibn Muhammad Baha al-Din Sam II Jalal al-Din Ali

Minor domains	Ala al-Din Ali (Nishapur, 1200-1204) Taj al-Din Zangi (Sarakhs, 1200-1204)

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