Anushtegin dynasty

The Anushtegin dynasty or Anushteginids (English: /ænuʃtəˈɡinid/, Persian: خاندان انوشتکین), also known as the Khwarazmian dynasty (Persian: خوارزمشاهیان) was a Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin from the Bekdili clan of the Oghuz Turks. The Anushteginid dynasty ruled the Khwarazmian Empire, consisting in large parts of present-day Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran in the approximate period of 1077 to 1231, first as vassals of the Seljuks and the Qara Khitai (Western Liao), and later as independent rulers, up until the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire in the 13th century.

"Khwarazmian dynasty" redirects here. For the territorial states over which it ruled, see Khwarazmian Empire. For earlier dynasties that ruled over Khwarazm, see Khwarazmshah.

Anushtegin dynasty
خاندان انوشتکین, Khānedāne Ānushtegin
Parent houseBegdili or Qangli or other
Country
Current regionCentral Asia
Iran
Afghanistan
Egypt
Founded1077
FounderAnushtegin Gharchai
Final rulerSaif ad-Din Qutuz
Titles
TraditionsSunni Islam (Hanafi)
Dissolution1260
Deposition
  • 1231 (Khwarazmian Empire)
  • 1260 (Mamluk Egypt)

The dynasty was founded by commander Anushtegin Gharchai, a former Turkic slave of the Seljuq sultans, who was appointed as governor of Khwarazm. His son, Qutb ad-Din Muhammad I, became the first hereditary Shah of Khwarazm. Anush Tigin may have belonged to either the Begdili tribe of the Oghuz Turks or to Chigil, Khalaj, Qipchaq, Qangly, or Uyghurs.

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