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{{Infobox royalty
|name=Arslan-Shah
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| succession= [[Sultan]] of the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid Empire]]
|birth_date=?
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|death_date=1118
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|full name=[[Laqab]]: Sultan ad-Dawlah<br>[[Kunya (Arabic)|Kunya]]: Abul-Moluk<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cagri-beg-dawud-b "ARSLĀNŠĀH"] ''Encyclopædia Iranica''</ref><br>[[Given name]]: Arslan-Shah
|father=[[Mas'ud III of Ghazni]]
|mother=[[Gawhar Khatun]]<ref>C.E. Bosworth, ''The Later Ghaznavids'', (Columbia University Press, 1977), 90.</ref>
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|reign=1116 – 1117
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|predecessor=[[Shir-Zad of Ghazna|Shir-Zad]]
|successor=[[Bahram-Shah of Ghazna|Bahram Shah]]
|house=[[House of Sabuktegin]]
|religion=[[Sunni Islam]]
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'''Arslan-Shah of Ghazna''' ([[full name]]: ''Sultan ad-Dawlah Abul-Moluk Arslan-Shah ibn Mas'ud'') (''b''. ? - ''d''. 1118<ref>Clifford Edmund Bosworth, ''The Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay, The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India 1040–1186'', (Columbia University Press, 1977), 95-98. {{ISBN|0-231-04428-3}}</ref>) was the [[Sultan]] of the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid Empire]] from 1116 to 1117 C.E.

== Biography ==
In 1116, he overthrew his older brother [[Shir-Zad of Ghazna|Shir-Zad]], took the Ghaznavid throne, and blinded or imprisoned his remaining brothers, except [[Bahram-Shah of Ghazna|Bahram]] who was in [[Zamindawar]].<ref>Clifford Edmund Bosworth, ''The Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay, The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India 1040–1186'', 91.</ref> Arslan-Shah also appointed [[Abu'l-Fath Yusuf]] as his ''[[vizier]]''. After being initially defeated by Arslan at Tiginabad, Bahram, appealed to [[Seljuq Empire|Seljuk]] Sultan [[Ahmad Sanjar]], whose sister, [[Gawhar Khatun]], was greatly offended at the conduct of her eldest son Arslan ibn Mas'ud, towards the rest.<ref>The history of India, Volume 1 The History of India, Mountstuart Elphinstone Author Mountstuart Elphinstone Publisher J. Murray, 1841</ref> 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.<ref>Tarikh-i-Ferishta or history of the rise of the Mahomedan power in India till the 1612 by Mahomed Kasim Ferishta; Translated by John Briggs; Published 1831</ref>

Arslan was defeated after an obstinate engagement and fled to Ghazna. There, on the plain outside Ghazna, Arslan was [[Battle of Ghazni (1117)|decisively defeated]] and fled to India,<ref>C.E. Bosworth, ''The Later Ghaznavids'', 96.</ref> where he was supported by the [[Bu Halim Shaybani family]].<ref>''Bu Ḥalim Šaybani family'', C.E. Bosworth, '''Encyclopaedia Iranica''', (December 15, 1989).[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bu-halim-family-of-military-commanders-and-governors]</ref> Ghazna was then subjected to forty days of pillage, which culminated in Bahram's installment as ruler and vassal of Sanjar. However, as soon as Sanjar had withdrawn his army, Arslan returned, and chased out Bahram ibn Mas'ud who had been left in possession which obliged Sanjar to take the field again.<ref>C.E. Bosworth, ''The Later Ghaznavids'', 97-98.</ref> This struggle was Arslan's 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 two years.<ref>Mountstuart Elphinstone, ''The History of India'', Vol. 1, Publisher J. Murray, 1841</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ghaznavids]]
*[[Ghurid Dynasty]]
*[[Saffarid dynasty]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = GOWHAR ḴĀTUN | last = Bosworth | first = C. Edmund | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/gowhar-katun- | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, Fasc. 2 | pages = 179 | location = London et al. | publisher = C. Edmund Bosworth | year = 2002 | isbn = }}
*{{cite encyclopedia | last = Bosworth | first = C. E | title = The Later Ghaznavids: Splendour and Decay: The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India 1040-1186 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YhHVPQAACAAJ&q=The+Later+Ghaznavids | year = 1995 | encyclopedia = | isbn = 9788121505772 | access-date = 17 May 2014}}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = GHAZNAVIDS | last = Bosworth | first = C. Edmund | author-link = C. Edmund Bosworth | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ghaznavids | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 6 | pages = 578–583 | location = London et al. | publisher = | year = 2001 | isbn = }}

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