Anush Tigin Gharchai
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Anūš Tigin Ghrachaī (d. 1096 or 1097) was a Turkic
slave commander of the Seljuqs
and the governor of Khwārezm from around 1077 until his death. He was the first member of his family to rule Khwārezm, and the namesake for the dynasty
that would rule the province in the 12th and early 13th centuries.
Originally a slave of either Central Asia
n Khalaj
or Qipchaq origin, Anūš Tigin was put in command together with his master Gümüštigin Bilge Beg in 1073 by the Seljuq
sultan Malik Shah I
to retake territory in northern Greater Khorasan
that the Ghaznavids had seized. He was subsequently made the sultan's tašt-dār (Persian
: "keeper of the royal vessels"), and, as the revenues from Khwārezm were used to pay for the expenses incurred by this position, he was made governor of the province. The details of his tenure as governor are unclear, but he died by 1097 and the post was briefly given to Ekinči bin Qočqar before being transferred to his son, Muhammad I
.
Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...
slave commander of the Seljuqs
Seljuq dynasty
The Seljuq ; were a Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries...
and the governor of Khwārezm from around 1077 until his death. He was the first member of his family to rule Khwārezm, and the namesake for the dynasty
Khwarezmian Empire
The Khwarazmian dynasty or Khwarezmian dynasty, also known as Khwarezmids, dynasty of Khwarazm Shahs or Khwarezm-Shah dynasty was a Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin.They ruled Greater Iran in the High Middle Ages, in the period of about 1077 to 1231, first as vassals of...
that would rule the province in the 12th and early 13th centuries.
Originally a slave of either Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
n Khalaj
Khalaj language
Khalaj is a Turkic language spoken in Iran.It is a member of the Azerbaijani subgroup of the Oghuz languages.There were approximately 42,000 speakers of this language as of 2000...
or Qipchaq origin, Anūš Tigin was put in command together with his master Gümüštigin Bilge Beg in 1073 by the Seljuq
Seljuq dynasty
The Seljuq ; were a Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries...
sultan Malik Shah I
Malik Shah I
Jalāl al-Dawlah Malik-shāh was born in 1055, succeeded Alp Arslan as the Seljuq Sultan in 1072, and reigned until his death in 1092....
to retake territory in northern Greater Khorasan
Greater Khorasan
Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan is a historical region of Greater Iran mentioned in sources from Sassanid and Islamic eras which "frequently" had a denotation wider than current three provinces of Khorasan in Iran...
that the Ghaznavids had seized. He was subsequently made the sultan's tašt-dār (Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
: "keeper of the royal vessels"), and, as the revenues from Khwārezm were used to pay for the expenses incurred by this position, he was made governor of the province. The details of his tenure as governor are unclear, but he died by 1097 and the post was briefly given to Ekinči bin Qočqar before being transferred to his son, Muhammad I
Muhammad I of Khwarazm
Qutb al-Din Muhammad was Khwarazm Shah from 1097 until his death. He was the son of Anush Tigin.In around 1097 Qutb al-Din Muhammad was appointed governor of Khwarazm by the Seljuk sultan Barkiyaruq's military commander, Habashi ibn Altun-Taq...
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