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Taj al-Din Yildiz

d. 1216 · 13th century · Also known as Tajuddin Yildiz, Taj ad-Din Yildiz, Yildiz of Ghazni

Taj al-Din Yildiz was a Turkic slave commander of the Ghurid sultan Muhammad of Ghor who seized Ghazni after his master's death in 1206. Driven out by the Khwarazmians, he invaded northern India to claim the Ghurid lands there, but was defeated by Iltutmish at Tarain in 1216 and put to death.

Taj al-Din Yildiz
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