Ruler · c. 1149 to 1206
Muhammad Ghori
Lost to Prithviraj Chauhan at Tarain in 1191, came back to win in 1192, and laid the foundation of Muslim rule in Delhi. He was assassinated in 1206.
At a glance
- Lived
- c. 1149 to 1206
- Role
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades and Salahuddin
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
Battles
- 1191, 1192Battles of Tarain
Ghurid victory. Ghori lost here in 1191 and came back the next year to win.
Muhammad Ghori's world
1190: The Crusades and Salahuddin
The Seljuk win at Manzikert in 1071 opened Anatolia to the Turks, and Byzantium asked Europe for help. The First Crusade took Jerusalem in 1099. Zengi, his son Nur al-Din and then Salahuddin rebuilt Muslim unity, and Salahuddin won back Jerusalem in October 1187, three months after Hattin.
People of the same era
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