Succeeds his father — marries the daughter of Sooltan Sunjur Suljooky — deputes his general, Hajib Toghantugeen, to make conquests in India. — Death of Sooltan Musaood the Third.
MUSAOOD, the son of Ibraheem, ascended the
throne on the demise of his father. He was endowed
with a benevolent and generous disposition,
nor was he less celebrated for his justice than for
his policy. He revised the ancient laws and regulations
of the state, he abrogated such as he
thought objectionable, and substituted others
founded on better principles. He espoused the
Princess Mehd-Irak, sister of Sooltan Sunjur Sul-
In his reign Hajib Toghantugeen, an officer of his government, proceeded in command of an army towards Hindoostan, and being appointed governor of Lahore, crossed the Ganges, and carried his conquests farther than any Mussulman had hitherto done, except the Emperor Mahmood. Like him he plundered many rich cities and temples of their wealth, and returned in triumph to Lahore, which now became in some measure the capital of the empire, for the Suljooks having deprived the house of Ghizny of most of its territory both in Eeran and Tooran, the royal family went to reside in India.
After Musaood had reigned 16 years without
A. H. 508.
A. D. 1118.
domestic troubles or foreign wars, he died in the latter end of the year 508. In the Towareekh Goozeeda it is stated that his son, Kumal-ood-Dowla Sheernijad ascended the throne. He only reigned, however, one year, when he was assassinated by his brother Arslan, who succeeded him, while other historians make no mention of Kumal-ood-Dowla at all.