Jalal al-Din Ali

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Jalal al-Din Ali
Malik of Bamiyan
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Reign 1206-1215
Predecessor Baha al-Din Sam II
Successor Khwarazmian conquest
Born 12th-century
Bamiyan
Died Bamiyan
1215
Spouse Daughter of Ala al-Din Atsiz
House Ghurid
Father Baha al-Din Sam II
Religion Sunni Islam

Jalal al-Din Ali (Persian: جلال الدین علی‎‎) was the last ruler of the Ghurid branch of Bamiyan, ruling from 1206 to 1215.

Biography

He was the son of Baha al-Din Sam II, and had a brother named Ala al-Din Muhammad. Not much is known about Jalal al-Din's early life, except that he married the daughter of his relative Ala al-Din Atsiz.

After the assassination of the Ghurid supreme leader Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad in 1206, Jalal al-Din's father Baha al-Din Sam II was supported by the native Iranian soldiers, while the Turkic ghulams supported another Ghurid prince named Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud. Baha al-Din Sam II, however, died a few days later, and was succeeded by Jalal al-Din, who, along with his brother Ala al-Din Muhammad, were supported by their father's supporters.[1] Jalal al-Din shortly crowned Ala al-Din Muhammad as the ruler of Ghazni, and then went back to his capital, Bamiyan. However, the two brothers shortly came in a dispute between Bamiyan, and meanwhile the Turkic general Taj al-Din Yildiz wrested Ghazna from Ala al-Din Muhammad.[1]

During the following years, the Khwarazmian Empire began slowly conquering the Ghurid kingdom, and in 1215 the Khwarazm-shah Muhammad II invaded the domains of Jalal al-Din, where he defeated and killed the latter, while incorporating Bamiyan into his empire, thus putting an end to the Ghurid branch of Bamiyan.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bosworth 1968, p. 165.

Sources

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Preceded by Malik of the Bamiyan
1206-1215
Succeeded by
Khwarazmian conquest