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This article is a VERY rough mix of sources, which contradicted each other many times. Since none of my sources went in depth on the Karts, this article is doubtless missing a bunch of information, such as how the Karts went from masters of a significant part of Central Asia in the 13th century to the masters of only the area of eastern Khurasan in the 14th. Even the way names are spelled is contradictory at some points. If you see any way in which you can expand or fix this article, please don't hesitate to do so.
--Ro4444 7/11/05, 7:57 PM EST
The only reference that I found was a single line short reference in the article's reference #2, which states "The indigenous Kert(Kurt) dynasty, a Tajik line related to the Ghurids, ruled at Herat as Mongol vassals during most of the 14th century"
The dynasty the article references, is not the Kurt, but in fact a dynasty established by the Kurds of Kurdistan, the Malik Kurd Ghor dynasty was established by Shamsuddin Kurd, governor of Khorasan, for Sultan Ghiasuddin Ghori, around 1245 A.D. He was confirmed in his authority by Mughal Emperor Hulagu, of whom he was a vassal, and greatly increased his power and authority in the reign of his succesor, Abaka Khan.(1)
Shamsuddin was succeeded by his son Ruknuddin, at his capital, Herat, Afghanistan. Ruknuddin took Kandahar, Afghanistan, and died in the reign of Sultan Arghun Khan, around 1280 A.D. His brother, Ghiasuddin Malik Kurd, then succeeded, and was confirmed by the Mughal Emperor Aljaitu Khan in his command of Ghor to the confines of the provinces on the Indus river in Pakistan.(1)
The Malik Kurd dynasty was extinguished around 1380 A.D., when Amir Timur (Tamerlane) took Herat, and slew its last prince and his son.
[1]==[Reference]==
An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan, H.W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, London, 1891, pg 173-174
- ^ Bellew, HW (1891). An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan. London: The Oriental University Institute. p. 173-174.
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