so he took fright and fled to Ghiyath al-Din, who lavished honour upon him. Khwarazm-Shah ʿAlaʾ al-Din then mustered a vanguard—its commander was a man called Amīr Malik—and marched against Ghiyath al-Din, fighting him until the latter surrendered under a pledge of safety. Shortly afterwards an order arrived for Ghiyath’s execution and for that of ʿAli Shah; the two of them were put to death, wrongfully and aggressively, in 605 AH.
-
The Lord of the Jazīrah, Muʿizz al-Din Sanjar ibn Ghāzī ibn Mawdūd
The king Muʿizz al-Din Sanjar, son of King Ghāzī ibn Mawdūd ibn the Atabeg Zangi ibn Āq-Sunqur, was the ruler of Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar. He was oppressive—hard on his subjects, his troops, and even the womenfolk. He imprisoned his own sons in a fortress, whereupon his son Ghāzī escaped to Mosul. The ruler of Mosul treated him generously and said, “Spare us the evil of your father.” Ghāzī returned in secret, climbed into the fortress, and hid with a concubine(1) who concealed him. When his father became drunk, the son fell upon him in the privy and killed him. Yet the people would not crown him; instead they placed his brother Maḥmūd on the throne. They then stormed in on Ghāzī; he tried to defend himself, so they killed him and cast his body away. Once Maḥmūd’s position was secure, he killed his other brother, Mawdūd. Some say that Ghāzī actually reigned for a single day before he was seized. Extraordinary tales are told of Sanjar’s tyranny and his lack of religion. He lived a long life and was slain in 605 AH. -
Ibn Tabarzadh, ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn Muʿammar al-Baghdādī
The shaykh, renowned musnid and inveterate traveller, Abū Ḥafs ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn Muʿammar ibn