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Muhammad of Ghor

1160 - 1206

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Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam (Persian: معز الدین محمد بن سام, romanized: Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām; c. 1144 – 15 March 1206), also known as Muhammad of Ghor or Muhammad Ghori, was a ruler from the Ghurid dynasty based in the Ghor region of what is today central Afghanistan who ruled from 1173 to 1206. Muhammad and his elder brother Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ruled in a dyarchy until the latter's death in 1203. Ghiyath al-Din, the senior partner, governed the western Ghurid regions from his capital at Firozkoh whereas Muhammad extended Ghurid rule eastwards into South Asia, laying the foundation of Islamic rule in South Asia, which lasted after him for nearly half a millennium under evolving Muslim dynasties. During his early career as governor of the southern tract of Ghurid Empire, Muhammad subjugated the Oghuz Turks after a series of forays and annexed Ghazni where he was installed by Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad as an independent sovereign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad of Ghor is the 1,290th most popular politician (up from 1,821st in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 13th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Afghan Politician.

Muhammad of Ghor is most famous for conquering the Indian subcontinent and founding the Delhi Sultanate.

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Among politicians, Muhammad of Ghor ranks 1,290 out of 19,576. Before him are Antoine of Navarre, Magnus Maximus, Gustáv Husák, Külüg Khan, Ivan VI of Russia, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. After him are Lysimachus, Aurelia Cotta, H. D. Deve Gowda, Alaeddin Pasha, Paul-Henri Spaak, and Aristide Briand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1160, Muhammad of Ghor ranks 4. Before him are Pope Innocent III, Pope Gregory IX, and Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. After him are Ali ibn al-Athir, Pérotin, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Hartmann von Aue, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Dulce of Aragon, Arnaud Amalric, and Isaac the Blind. Among people deceased in 1206, Muhammad of Ghor ranks 1. After him are Ismail al-Jazari, Adela of Champagne, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Amalric of Bena, and John X of Constantinople.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Muhammad of Ghor ranks 18 out of 177. Before him are Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), and Abu Dawood (817). After him are Mohammed Omar (1962), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Muhammad Shah (1702), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Babrak Karmal (1929), and Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Muhammad of Ghor ranks 14. Before him are Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), and Dost Mohammad Khan (1793). After him are Mohammed Omar (1962), Muhammad Shah (1702), Babrak Karmal (1929), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), and Hafizullah Amin (1929).

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