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Shams al-Din Muhammad Kart
Shams al-Din Muhammad Kart was the first malik of the Kart dynasty of Herat, of a family linked to the Ghurid Sultanate. The Mongols appointed him ruler of Herat around 1245, and the Great Khan Möngke confirmed him. He rebuilt the city after its destruction by the Mongols and extended his authority over neighbouring regions, but was poisoned in 1278 on the orders of the Ilkhan Abaqa.
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