Arslan ibn Mas'ud
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Arslan ibn Mas'ud was the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire
from 1115 – 1117 C.E. On the death of his father Sultan Mas'ud ibn Ibrahim, he seized and imprisoned his brothers. Bahram ibn Mas'ud, one of the brothers, had the good fortune to escape and appealed to Seljuk
Sultan Mu'iz-ud-din Ahmed Sanjar, whose sister, the mother of all the princes was greatly offended at the conduct of her eldest son Arslan ibn Mas'ud, towards the rest. Incited by her and perhaps by his own ambitious views Sanjar called on Arslan to release his brothers and on his refusal marched against him with an army of 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry. Arslan was defeated after an obstinate engagement and fled to India but as soon as Sanjar had withdrawn his army he returned chased out Bahram ibn Mas'ud who had been left in possession and obliged Sanjar to take the field again. This struggle was his last, he was constrained to seek refuge among the Afghans but was overtaken and put to death leaving Bahram ibn Mas'ud in undisturbed possession of the throne which Arslan ibn Mas'ud himself had occupied for only three years.
Ghaznavid Empire
The Ghaznavids were a Persianate Muslim dynasty of Turkic slave origin which existed from 975 to 1187 and ruled much of Persia, Transoxania, and the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent. The Ghaznavid state was centered in Ghazni, a city in modern-day Afghanistan...
from 1115 – 1117 C.E. On the death of his father Sultan Mas'ud ibn Ibrahim, he seized and imprisoned his brothers. Bahram ibn Mas'ud, one of the brothers, had the good fortune to escape and appealed to Seljuk
Seljuk
Seljuk was the eponymous hero of the Seljuq Turks. He was the son of a certain Duqaq surnamed Timuryaligh and either the chief or an eminent member from the Kınık tribe of the Oghuz Turks...
Sultan Mu'iz-ud-din Ahmed Sanjar, whose sister, the mother of all the princes was greatly offended at the conduct of her eldest son Arslan ibn Mas'ud, towards the rest. Incited by her and perhaps by his own ambitious views Sanjar called on Arslan to release his brothers and on his refusal marched against him with an army of 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry. Arslan was defeated after an obstinate engagement and fled to India but as soon as Sanjar had withdrawn his army he returned chased out Bahram ibn Mas'ud who had been left in possession and obliged Sanjar to take the field again. This struggle was his last, he was constrained to seek refuge among the Afghans but was overtaken and put to death leaving Bahram ibn Mas'ud in undisturbed possession of the throne which Arslan ibn Mas'ud himself had occupied for only three years.