Muhammad II | |||||
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The Second Alexander[1] | |||||
Shah of Khwarezm | |||||
Reign | 1200–1220 | ||||
Coronation | 1200 | ||||
Predecessor | Tekish | ||||
Successor | Jalal al-Din Mangburni | ||||
Co-ruler | Terken Khatun | ||||
Born | 1169 | ||||
Died | 1220 (aged 50–51) Caspian Sea | ||||
Spouse | Ay Chichek Khatun | ||||
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House | House of Anushtegin | ||||
Father | Tekish | ||||
Mother | Terken Khatun | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
'Alā' al-Din Muhammad (Persian: علاءالدین محمد خوارزمشاه; full name: Ala ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul-Fath Muhammad Sanjar ibn Tekish) was the Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire from 1200 to 1220. His ancestor was Anushtegin Gharchai, a Turkic Ghulam who eventually became a viceroy of a small province named Khwarizm. He was subjected to the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire, which resulted in the utter destruction of his empire.
Taksh's sucçessor, Alauddin Muhammnad Khwarazm Shah, styled 'the Second Alexander' (1200-20), was the last of the old type of Emperor-Sultans, for Timur does not belong to this category