Buraq Hajib and His Role in the Establishment of the Karakhatin State (619-703 AH/1222-1303AD)

Abstract

The events of the establishment of the Qarakhtai state in Kerman are in the period following the defeat of the Khwarizmi by the Mongols, which led to the disintegration of their possessions, each of the emirs of the Khwarizmians began to seek to expand his power and exploit the chaos that arose after the death of Sultan Muhammad Khwarazmshah (617 AH / 1220 AD), especially after the division of the property of the Khwarizmi state among his sons, under this situation, Jalal al-Din Mankabarti ensured the resistance of the Mongols in an attempt to restore the glories of the Khwarizmi state, after he made it His father was the crown prince, while Ghiyath al-Din Birshah, took advantage of the preoccupation of his brother Jalal al-Din Mankabarti to fight the Mongols and seized the area allocated to him in southern Iran, around him gathered the men of the Khwarizmi courtiers, including Buraq Hajib, who assumed the position of hijab and the Board of Grievances of Sultan Ghiyath al-Din
But Buraq Hajib disagreed with the minister of Ghiyath al-Din, he chose to leave the service of the Sultan and decided to go to Kerman, which was under the rule of Shuja al-Din Abu al-Qasim Zawzani, despite the divergence of accounts about the reasons for his decision, but the end was his control of Kerman, Juwayni believes that Buraq Hajib sought to join Jalaluddin Mankabarti in India, while Nasir al-Din Munahid explained that Buraq Hajib chose to leave the service of Ghiyath al-Din due to political turmoil and the possibility of the fall of The algorithmic state, so he decided to join the Sultan of Delhi Shamsuddin Al-Tamish, upon his arrival in Kerman, Buraq Hajib asked Shuja Al-Zawzani to help him with travel preparations to India, but Shuja Al-Din refused and coveted his possessions of women and money, when Buraq Hajib left for India, the Kurmanites who coveted his slaves attacked and accordingly a battle took place near Rodyan, which ended with the defeat of Shuja al-Din al-Zawzani, after he was joined by some elements of the Turkmen army, This resulted in the death of Shuja al-Din and his sons, proclaiming the establishment of the Karakhatiya state in Kerman (619-703 AH / 1222-1303 AD).