MUHAMMAD OF GHOR

d. 1206, Afghan conqueror of N India. A brother of the sultan of Ghor, he was made governor of Ghazni in 1173 and from there launched a series of invasions of India. By 1186 he had conquered the Muslim principalities in the Punjab. He was severely defeated by the Rajputs under Prithvi Raj in 1191, but the following year he routed their army, and Delhi was captured. Muhammad's generals then overran Bihar and Bengal. He succeeded his brother as sultan in 1202 but was murdered in 1206. After his death his empire in N India fell apart and passed to his generals, one of whom founded the Delhi Sultanate.

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books on: Muhammad of Ghor  - 21 results

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The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia
Book by René Grousset, Naomi Walford; Rutgers University Press, 1970
Subjects: Asia, Central--History
...of the famous Shihab ad-Din Muhammad of Ghor 1163-1206 , the Ghorid empire...1204 . The Kara-Khitai pursued Muhammad of Ghor and dealt him a disastrous blow...not until after the death of Muhammad of Ghor March 13, 1206 that Muhammad...
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The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the Coming of the Muslims
Book by A. L. Basham; Grove Press, 1954
Subjects: India--Civilization, India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D, India--History--To 324 B.C
...Afghanistan. In 1173 Ghiyas-ud-Dun of Ghor annexed Ghazni . His younger brother...ShihU0101b-ud-Dun, usually known as Muhammad of Ghor, proceeded to conquer the Ghaznavid...invader. In 1191 the Hindu army met Muhammad at Tarain, not far from Thanesar...
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The Territories and States of India
Book by David Taylor; Europa, 2002
Subjects: India--History, India--Territories And Possessions, India--Territories And Possessions--History
...declined. 1193: Another Turkish-Afghan general, Muhammad of Ghor, having broken the power of the Rajput alliance...here in the Hindu heartland, the arya varta . 1206: Muhammad of Ghor died and Qutb-ud-din Aibak became the first Sultan...
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India: A Modern History
Book by Percival Spear; University of Michigan Press, 1961
Subjects: India--History
...third crusade against Saladin, Saladins fellow Turk Muhammad of Ghor marched into Hindu India. In that year he was defeated...Indian military practice. Indian tactics against Muhammad of Ghor did not differ very much from those used by Porus...
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Man through the Ages: From the Origins to the Eighteenth Century
Book by John Bowle; Little, Brown, 1962
Subjects: Civilization--History
...257 n Muawiyah, first Umayyad Kalif, 153 Muhammad, 145 ; life of, 151 - 2 ; teaching of, 155...259 ; 284 ; Akbar and, 306 ; 307 ; see Arabs Muhammad of Ghor, incursions of, 137 Muhammad Shah, defeated by Afghans, 309 Muhammad Tughlak...
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journal articles on: Muhammad of Ghor  - 5 results

 
 
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Chronology: Afghanistan/algeria/bahrain/egypt/iran/iraq/israel/jordan/kuwait/lebanon/libya/mauritania/morocco/oman/pakistan/qatar/saudi Arabia/sudan/syria/tunisia/turkey/united Arab Emirates/yemen
Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 63, 2009
Subjects: Civilians, Journalists, Kidnapping, Military air strikes, Presidential elections
...2003 US-led invasion. Hawar Mulla Muhammad, a Kurd, scored the first goal in the...Sabah, reappointed Shaykh Nasir al-Muhammad Al Sabah as Prime Minister. The cabinet...The accord stipulated that junta leader Muhammad Ould Abdul-aziz suspend his presidential...
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Chronology: Afghanistan/algeria/bahrain/egypt/iran/iraq/israel/jordan/kuwait/lebanon/libya/morocco/oman/pakistan/qatar/saudi Arabia/sudan/syria/tunisia/turkey/united Arab Emirates/yemen
Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 62, 2008
Subjects: Afghanistan, Assassinations & assassination attempts, Peace, Suicide bombings, Terrorism
...A juvenile offender, 17-year-old Muhammad Hassanzadeh, was hanged in Sanandaj...of mourners in the Sunni village of Bu Muhammad north of Baghdad. The attacker was targeting...inflammatory cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban shaped like a bomb...
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Traditions of Israelite Descent among Certain Muslim Groups in South Asia
Journal article by Navras Jaat Aafreedi; Shofar, Vol. 28, 2009
Subjects: Christianity, Judaism, Muslims, Religious conversion
...descent from a contemporary of Muhammad, Kais or Kish, believed to...mountainous countries about Ghor ever since the time of the...established in its purest form by Muhammad, according to their religious...livingjesus to the deceased Muhammad. According to Ahmad"i ni...
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Chronology: Afghanistan
Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 56, 2002
Subjects: Afghanistan, International relations-US, Military air strikes, Military occupations, Politics, Terrorism, United States, War
...choose members for the Loya Jirga, was shot and killed in the Ghor province in central Afghanistan. BBC, 5/21 May 22: Rockets...near the Interior Ministry in protest at the designation of Taj Muhammad Wardak as the new Minister. BBC, 6/20 The UK officially...
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Chronology: Afghanistan
Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 55, 2001
Subjects: Afghanistan, Calendars, Geographic profiles, Government, International relations, Violence
...members had captured from leading Taliban forces Ghalmin, in Ghor Province, 230 miles west of Kabul. 1/3 NYT The state-run Radio Shariat reported that by decree of Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad `Umar, conversions from Islam to Christianity were to be punishable...


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The Barefoot Bank with Cheek: The Grameen Bank, in Bangladesh, Which Makes Small Loans to Some of the Poorest People on Earth, Has Become a Model for Economic Developers All over the World
Magazine article by David Bornstein; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 276, December 1995
Subjects: Banking industry--Management, Development banks--Management, Grameen Bank of Bangladesh--Management, Small business--Finance, Working Capital Co.--Management
...the Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, continues to win international...This time she is looking for a ghor jamai: a son-in-law who...myth. One afternoon in 1976 Muhammad Yunus was taking a walk in...of reinvented government. Muhammad Yunus disagrees. He sees his...


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encyclopedia articles on: Muhammad of Ghor  - 7 results

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Muhammad of Ghor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MUHAMMAD OF GHOR d. 1206, Afghan conqueror of N India. A brother of the sultan of Ghor, he was made governor of Ghazni in 1173 and from there launched a series of invasions of India. By 1186 he had conquered the Muslim principalities in the...
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Ghor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GHOR Ghowr gor, or Ghur goor, mountainous...dynasty was established in the former city of Ghor in the 12th cent. It was overthrown by Muhammad of Khwarazm in 1215. Mongols under Jenghiz Khan took Ghor in 1221, after which the Karts (Mongol...
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Delhi Sultanate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ruled in India (1210 1526). It was founded after Muhammad of Ghor defeated Prithvi Raj and captured Delhi in 1192. In...height until the Mughul empire. Early in the reign of Muhammad Tughluq, founder of the Tughluq dynasty (1325 98...
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Sialkot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...weaving is also important. A fortress built in 1181 by Muhammad of Ghor and the mausoleum of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh...city is also the birthplace of the philosopher-poet Muhammad Iqbal . ____________________ Copyright...
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Delhi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1052; it is sometimes confused with Shah Jahans Red Fort in Old Delhi. In 1192 the legions of the Afghan warrior Muhammad of Ghor captured the Rajput town, and the Delhi Sultanate was established (1206). The invasion of Delhi by Timur in 1398...
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