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1092 (934 years ago)

(14 October) Noted Muslim scholar and the vizier of the great Seljuq Empire Nizam al-Mulk Tusi died in Nahavand, Iran. He served as a vizier under Sultan Alp Arslan and Malik Shah l. He set up Madrasa Nizamiyya and appointed 33-year-old Al-Ghazali as a professor of the school.

1240 (786 years ago)

(14 October) The 5th ruler of the Slave (Mamluk) dynasty of Delhi Sultanate, Razia Sultana was killed after she lost a battle against her half-brother Sultan Muizuddin Bahram while she was trying to curb a rebellion.