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 78 RISE OF THE HOUSE OF GHOR, Ghor after the death of Saif -ad-din and the intelligence thereof came to Bamian, Fakhr-ad-din addressed his nephew Mu'izz-ad-din (later the Sultan Mohammad Ghori), saying: " Your brother is an active prince, what do you mean to do? You must bestir yourself." Mu'izz-ad-din bowed respectfully to his uncle, left the court, and started at once for Firoz-koh. When he ar- rived there, he waited upon his brother and paid his respects. One year he served his brother, but having taken some offence, he went to Seistan to Malik Shams- ad-din Sijistani and staid there one winter. His brother sent messengers to bring him back, and when he ar- rived, he assigned to him the countries of Kasr-kajuran and Istiya. When he had established his authority over the whole of Garmsir, he entrusted to his brother the city of Takinabad, which was the largest town in Garmsir. This Takinabad is the place which was the cause of the quarrel with the house of Mahmud Sabuk- tagin, and it passed into the hands of the kings of Ghor. When Sultan Mu'izz-ad-din became master of Takin- abad, the armies and leaders of the Ghuzz fled before the forces of Khita toward Ghazni, where they re- mained for twelve years, having wrested the country from the hands of Khusru Shah and Khusru Malik. Sultan Mu'izz-ad-din kept continually assailing them from Takinabad and troubling the country. At length, in the year 569 A. H. (1173 A. D.), Sultan Ghiyas-ad-din conquered Ghazni and returned to Ghor, after placing his brother Mu'izz-ad-din upon the throne.