Muhammad ibn Suri (
Persian: محمد بن سوری, died 1011) was the king of the
Ghurid dynasty from the 10th-century to 1011. During his reign, he was defeated by the
Ghaznavid emperor
Mahmud of Ghazni
Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ( fa, ; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi ( fa, ), was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 998 to 1030. At th ...
and his domains were conquered. According to Minhaj-us-Siraj, Muhammad was captured by Mahmud of Ghazni, made prisoner along with his son, and taken to
Ghazni, where Muhammad died by poisoning himself.
[ The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians by Eliot and Dowson, Volume 2 page 286][E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 7 By Martijn Theodoor Houtsma Page 161] Subsequently, the whole population of Ghuristan was taught the precepts of Islam and converted from
Mahayana Buddhism to Islam.
[Medieval India Part 1 Satish Chandra Page 22] Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad of Ghor later overthrew the Ghaznavid Empire in 1186 and conquered their last capital at
Lahore.
History
The region was governed under a
Malik
Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...
named
Amir Suri
Amīr Sūrī ( fa, امیر سوری) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty from the 9th-century to the 10th-century. According to some legends, He was a descendant of the Ghurid king Amir Banji, whose rule was legitimized by the Abbasid caliph Harun ...
and the population was not yet converted to Islam.
Muhammad has also been referred to as Ibn I Suri,
See also
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Ghor
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Mandesh
References
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{{Ghurid dynasty
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Ghurid dynasty
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1011 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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Converts to Islam from Buddhism
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Iranian prisoners of war
Monarchs taken prisoner in wartime