Taj al-Din Yildiz

Gold coin of Taj al-Din Yildiz. (AH 602-612 AD 1206-1215). Ghazna (Ghazni) mint. Dated AH 604 (AD 1207-8).
Coin of Taj al-Din Yildiz.

Taj al-Din Yildiz (also spelled Yaldiz, Yildoz, and Yalduz, Persian: تاج‌ الدین یلدوز) was a Turkic ghulam of the Ghurid dynasty, who, after the death of Sultan Muhammad of Ghor, became the de facto ruler of Ghazni, while, however, still recognizing Ghurid authority.[1]

  1. ^ The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 166.

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