Deborah G. Tor
- KHORASAN vii. History from the Ghaznavids to the Mongol Conquest
The Ghaznavids were notable in that this was the first major dynasty in the central and eastern Islamic lands to…
- SANJAR, Aḥmad b. Malekšāh
SANJAR, Aḥmad b. Malekšāh, Abu’l-Ḥāreth, Moʿezz-al-donyā-wa’l-din, Amir-al-moʾmenin, Burhān (b. Rajab 477/Nov. 1084 or Rajab 479/Oct. 1086; d. 552/1157-8), first subordinate…