Anushtegin dynasty

Also known as Anushteginids, Anushteginid, Khwarezmshahs, Chorasmians, Chorezmians, Khwarazmian dynasty

dynasty

Key facts

Parent house: Begdili or Qangli or other
Country: Khwarazmian Empire Mamluk Egypt
Current region: Central Asia , Iran , Afghanistan , Egypt
Founder: Anushtegin Gharchai
Final ruler: Saif ad-Din Qutuz
Titles: Khwarazmshah Shah Sultan
Traditions: Sunni Islam ( Hanafi )
Deposition: 1231 (Khwarazmian Empire) 1260 (Mamluk Egypt)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: dynasty
Has part: Sultan Shah of Khwarazm
Religion: Sunni Islam
Noble title: Khwarazmshah
Country: Khwarazmian Empire
Continent: Asia
Founded by: Anushtegin Gharchai
Image: Khwarezmian Empire 1190 1220.png

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Commons category: Anushtegin dynasty
topic's main category: Category:Anushtegin dynasty
inception: 1077-00-00
language used: Eastern Iranian
end time: 1260-00-00
topic has template: Template:Anushtiginid Dynasty

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Encyclopedic overview

The Anushtegin dynasty or Anushteginids (English: /ænuʃtəˈɡinid/, Persian: خاندان انوشتکین), also known as the Khwarazmian dynasty (Persian: خوارزمشاهیان) was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin from the Bekdili clan of the Oghuz Turks. The Anushteginid dynasty ruled the Khwarazmian Empire, consisting in large parts of present-day Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran in the approximate period of 1077 to 1231, first as vassals of the Seljuks and the Qara Khitai (Western Liao), and later as independent rulers, up until the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire in the 13th century.

The dynasty was founded by commander Anushtegin Gharchai, a former Turkic slave of the Seljuq sultans, who was appointed as governor of Khwarazm. His son, Qutb ad-Din Muhammad I, became the first hereditary Shah of Khwarazm. Anush Tigin may have belonged to either the Begdili tribe of the Oghuz Turks or to Chigil, Khalaj, Qipchaq, Qangly, or Uyghurs.

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