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Farrukh-Zad of Ghazna

Ghaznavid sultan from 1053 to 1059

Summary

Ghaznavid sultan from 1053 to 1059

Field	Value
name	Farrukh-Zad
title	Ghaznavid Sultan
Devout Sultan
image	Gold Dinar of Farrukhzad Ghaznavi.jpg
caption	Gold dinar of Farrukh-Zad
succession	Sultan of Ghaznavid Empire
birth_date
birth_place	Ghaznavid Empire
death_date	4 April 1059
(aged 34)
death_place	Ghaznavid Empire
burial_date	4–5 April 1059
full name	Laqab: Jamal ad-Dawlah
Kunya: Abu Shuja
Given name: Farrukh-Zad
Nasab: Farrukh-Zad ibn Ma'sud ibn Mahmud ibn Sabuktegin
father	Ma'sud I
reign	1053 – 4 April 1059
predecessor	Toghrul
successor	Ibrahim
house	House of Sabuktigin
religion	Sunni Islam

Devout Sultan (aged 34) Kunya: Abu Shuja Given name: Farrukh-Zad Nasab: Farrukh-Zad ibn Ma'sud ibn Mahmud ibn Sabuktegin Farrukh-Zad (Full name: Jamal ad-Dawlah Abu Shuja Farrukh-Zad), was sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from (1053 – 4 April 1059). His reign was considered one of benevolence, prosperity and tranquility for the Ghaznavid empire. It was free of the chaotic turbulence and greed from palace ghulams until the end of his reign. He was a very devout Muslim and fasted during Rajab, Sha'ban and Ramadan.

Biography

Having been at the fortress of Barghund, Farrukh-Zad was one of the Ghaznavid princes that escaped the usurper Toghrul's massacre in 1052.

Farrukh employed Abd al-Razzaq Maymandi, a former vizier of Maudud and Abd Rashid, but later had him dismissed and imprisoned. He also freed Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi from his imprisonment and it was during Farrukh's reign that Bayhaqi wrote his Mujalladat (Tarikh-e Beyhaqi).

Following the chaos of Toghrul's usurpation, Chagri Beg sent a Seljuq army to take Ghazni, but the ghulam general Khirghiz intercepted and defeated it. Meanwhile, in 1053, the Ghaznavid governors of the eastern Indian garrisons in Malerkotla, Jalandhar, and Lahore began to rebel.

Around 1058, Farrukh had his army invade Tukharistan in hopes of removing the Seljuks. His army was initially successful, capturing the Seljuq Atabeg Qutb ad-Din Kul-Sarigh. However, Alp Arslan counter-attacked and defeated the Ghaznavid army, capturing many of its commanders. A subsequent peace treaty, drawn up by Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi, allowed for an exchange of prisoners and a mutual non-aggression pact.

Death

In 1058, palace ghulams attempted to assassinate Farrukh in his bath, but he grabbed a sword and held them at bay until his guards arrived and killed the ghulams. Depressed and sickened by the attempt on his life, Farrukh-Zad withdrew from worldly affairs and died of colitis on 4 April 1059 at the age of thirty-four. He was succeeded by his brother Ibrahim.

References

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References

[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/farrokzad-abu-soja "FARROḴZĀD, ABŪ ŠOJĀʿ"] ''Encyclopædia Iranica''
{{Harvard citation no brackets. Bosworth. 1977
'Izz al-D in Ibn al-Athir, ''The Annals of the Saljuq Turks'', transl. D.S. Richards, (Routledge, 2002), 129.
{{Harvard citation no brackets. Bosworth. 1977
''Abu'l Fazl Bayhaqi'', '''The A to Z of the United Nations''', (Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2009), 59.
{{Harvard citation no brackets. Bosworth. 1977
{{Harvard citation no brackets. Bosworth. 1977
'Izz al-D in Ibn al-Athir, ''The Annals of the Saljuq Turks'', 129.

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