Abu Ali ibn Muhammad

**Abu Ali ibn Muhammad**
Abu Ali ibn Muhammad
Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
Reign	1011-1035
Predecessor	Muhammad ibn Suri
Successor	Abbas ibn Shith
Born	Ghor
Died	1035
House	Ghurid
Father	Muhammad ibn Suri
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abu Ali ibn Muhammad (Persian: ابو علی بن محمد) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty. He succeeded his father Muhammad ibn Suri in 1011, after the latter was deposed by Mahmud of Ghazni, who then sent teachers to teach about Islam in Ghor. Abu Ali was one of those who converted to Islam during that period. After his conversion to Islam from Buddhism,^[1] he began constructing mosques and madrassas. In ca. 1035, Abu Ali was overthrown by his nephew Abbas ibn Shith.^[2]

References

^ Medieval India Part 1 Satish Chandra Page 22
^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 185.

Sources

C. Edmund, Bosworth (2001). "GHURIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 5 January 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)

Preceded by Muhammad ibn Suri	Malik of the Ghurid dynasty 1011–1035	Succeeded by Abbas ibn Shith

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

[2] History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 185.

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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)