Amir Suri

**Amir Suri**
Amir Suri
Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
Reign	9th-century–10th-century
Predecessor	Unknown
Successor	Muhammad ibn Suri
Born	Ghor
Died	10th-century
Issue	Muhammad ibn Suri
House	Ghurid
Religion	Buddhism

Amīr Sūrī (Persian: امیر سوري) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty from the 9th-century to the 10th-century. He was a descendant of the Ghurid king Amir Banji, whose rule was legitimized by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. Amir Suri is known to have fought the Saffarid ruler Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, who managed to conquer much of Khurasan except Ghur.^[2] Amir Suri was later succeeded by his son Muhammad ibn Suri. Although Amir Suri bore an Arabic title and his son had an Islamic name, they were both Buddhists^[1] and were considered pagans by the surrounding Muslim people, and it was only during the reign of Muhammad's son Abu Ali ibn Muhammad that the Ghurid dynasty became an Islamic dynasty.

The Ghurids were tribal people of Ghuristan mountains, divided into numerous tribes. Among the numerous Ghurid chiefs, the Shansabani tribe had the most authority over all the other Ghorid tribes. The Shansabani were a tribe and the Ghuris were structured as a tribal society.

Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, the famous historian of the Ghaznavid era, wrote on page 117 in his book Tarikh-i Bayhaqi: "Sultan Mas'ud left for Ghuristan and sent his learned companion with two people from Ghor as interpreters between this person and the people of that region."

References

^ ^a ^b Medieval India Part 1 Satish Chandra Page 22
^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 184.

Sources

C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
Bosworth, C. E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)". In Frye, R. N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–202. ISBN 0-521-06936-X. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

- Edward Balfour - Google Books

Preceded by Unknown	Malik of the Ghurid dynasty 9th-century–10th-century	Succeeded by Muhammad ibn Suri

[Chandra-1] Medieval India Part 1 Satish Chandra Page 22

[2] History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 184.

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v t e Ghurid dynasty
In Ghur (before 879–1215)	Amir Suri Muhammad ibn Suri Abu Ali ibn Muhammad Abbas ibn Shith Muhammad ibn Abbas Qutb al-din Hasan Izz al-Din Husayn Sayf al-Din Suri Baha al-Din Sam I Ala al-Din Husayn Sayf al-Din Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Muhammad of Ghor Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Baha al-Din Sam III Ala al-Din Atsiz Ala al-Din Ali
In Ghazni (1151-1152 and 1173–1215)	Ala al-Din Husayn Muhammad of Ghor Ala al-Din Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Baha al-Din Sam III Ala al-Din Atsiz Ala al-Din Ali
In Bamiyan (1152–1215)	Fakhr al-Din Masud Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud Abbas ibn Muhammad Baha al-Din Sam II Jalal al-Din Ali
Minor domains	Ala al-Din Ali (Nishapur, 1200-1204) Taj al-Din Zangi (Sarakhs, 1200-1204)