Anūştegin Gharachaʾī

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Anūştegin Gharachaʾī

governor of Khwārezm

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Khwārezm-Shāh dynasty
…founder of the dynasty was Anūştegin Gharachaʾī, a slave who was appointed governor of Khwārezm about 1077 by the Seljuq ruler Malik-Shāh. Anūştegin’s descendants governed Khwārezm on behalf of the Seljuqs. In 1141, with the defeat of the Seljuq sultan Sanjar by the Karakitai (Qara Khitay) confederation of northern China,…
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…founder of the dynasty was Anūştegin Gharachaʾī, a slave who was appointed governor of Khwārezm about 1077 by the Seljuq ruler Malik-Shāh. Anūştegin’s descendants governed Khwārezm on behalf of the Seljuqs. In 1141, with the defeat of the Seljuq sultan Sanjar by the Karakitai (Qara Khitay) confederation of northern China,…
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Iran
The Khwārezm-Shahs
His ancestor, Anūṣtegin, had been keeper of Malik-Shah’s kitchen utensils and had been rewarded with the governorship of Khwārezm on the Oxus, where he founded the Khwārezm-Shah dynasty (c. 1077–1231). Regions elsewhere in Iran, on the passing of Seljuq supremacy, became independent under atabegs, who were originally…
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His ancestor, Anūṣtegin, had been keeper of Malik-Shah’s kitchen utensils and had been rewarded with the governorship of Khwārezm on the Oxus, where he founded the Khwārezm-Shah dynasty (c. 1077–1231). Regions elsewhere in Iran, on the passing of Seljuq supremacy, became independent under atabegs, who were originally…
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