Izz al-Din Husayn

Izz al-Din Husayn
Malik of the Ghurid dynasty
Reign	1100 – 1146
Predecessor	Qutb al-din Hasan
Successor	Sayf al-Din Suri
Born	Ghor
Died	c. 1146 Ghor
Issue	Sayf al-Din Suri Shuja al-Din Muhammad Qutb al-Din Muhammad Baha al-Din Sam I Nasir al-Din Muhammad Kharnak Ala al-Din Husayn Fakhr al-Din Masud
Names Izz al-Din Husayn bin Qutb al-din Hasan bin Muhammad
House	Ghurid dynasty
Father	Qutb al-din Hasan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Izz al-Din Husayn (Persian: عز الدین حسین) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty. He succeeded his father Qutb al-din Hasan in 1100. When Husayn ascended the Ghurid throne, his kingdom was in chaos. However, he managed to restore peace, and strengthen his kingdom. During Husayn's late reign, the Seljuq sultan Ahmad Sanjar invaded his domains, defeated him, and captured him. However, Sanjar later released Husayn in return for sending tribute to him. After Husayn's death in 1146, he was succeeded by his son Sayf al-Din Suri. Husayn also had 6 other sons who later divided the Ghurid kingdom among themselves.

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.