| Ala al-Din Tekish | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tekish's mausoleum, Kone-Urgench, Turkmenistan | |||||
| Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire | |||||
| Reign | 1172 – 1200 | ||||
| Coronation | December 1172[1] | ||||
| Predecessor | Il-Arslan | ||||
| Successor | Muhammad II | ||||
| Regent | Terken Khatun | ||||
| Born | Konye-Urgench | ||||
| Died | 1200 | ||||
| Spouse | Terken Khatun Inanj Khatun Fulana Khatun | ||||
| Issue | Ala ad-Din Muhammad Taj ad-Din Ali-Shah Yunus-Khan Toghan-Toghdi Malik-Shah Princess Shah-Khatun | ||||
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| House | House of Anushtegin | ||||
| Father | Il-Arslan | ||||
| Mother | Terken Khatun | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Ala al-Din Tekish (Persian: علاء الدين تكش; full name: Ala ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul Muzaffar Tekish ibn Il-Arslan) or Tekesh or Takesh was the Shah of Khwarazmian Empire from 1172 to 1200. He was the son of Il-Arslan. His rule was contested by his brother, Sultan Shah, who held a principality in Khorasan. Tekish inherited Sultan Shah's state after he died in 1193. In Turkic, the name Tekish means he who strikes in battle.[2]
In 1194, Tekish defeated the Seljuk sultan of Hamadan, Toghrul III, in an alliance with Caliph Al-Nasir, and conquered his territories. After the war, he broke with the Caliphate and was on the brink of a war with it until the Caliph accepted him as Sultan of Iran, Khorasan, and Turkestan in 1198.
He died of a peritonsillar abscess in 1200[3] and was succeeded by his son, Ala ad-Din Muhammad.
- ^ Mohammad Habib (1992). "THE KHWARAZMIAN EMPIRE". In Mohammad Habib; Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (eds.). A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526). Vol. 5 (Second ed.). The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. p. 41. OCLC 31870180.
- ^ "TEKIŠ B. IL ARSLĀN" Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 30 August 2014
- ^ Juvaini, Ala-ad-Din Ata-Malik, History of the World Conqueror, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1997. p. 314.