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The Kurt dynasty, also known as the Kartids was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Tajik origin, that ruled over a large part of Khorasan during the 13th and 14th centuries. Ruling from their capital at Herat and central Khorasan in the Bamyan, they were at first subordinates of Sultan Abul-Fateh Ghiyāṣ-ud-din Muhammad bin Sām, Sultan of the Ghurid Empire, of whom they were related, and then as vassal princes within the Mongol Empire. Upon the fragmentation of the Ilkhanate in 1335, Mu'izz-uddin Husayn ibn Ghiyath-uddin worked to expand his principality. The death of Husayn b. Ghiyath-uddin in 1370 and the invasion of Timur in 1381, ended the Kurt dynasty's ambitions.
The Kurts trace their lineage to a Tajuddin Uthman Marghini, whose brother,'Izzuddin Umar Marghini, was the Vizier of Sultan Ghiyāṣ-ud-din Muhammad bin Sām (d.1202-3). The founder of the Kurt dynasty was Malik Rukn-uddin Abu Bakr, who was descended from the Shansabani family of Ghur.
Malik Rukn-uddin Abu Bakr, married a Ghurid princess. Their son Shams-uddin succeeded his father in 1245.
(Do you swear to
Love me forever and ever)
I do, I do, I swear to
Always love you (love you)
With all my heart and soul
(Heart and soul) forever and ever
I'll marry you (marry you)
And never go away (go away)
And we'll become as one (as one)
On our wedding day
We'll walk down the aisle
The preacher will smile
We'll make our life worthwhile
I'll say that I do
You'll say that you do too
And the priest will
Pronounce us man and wife
The memory (memory)
Will always be with me (with me)
As we exchange our vows (our vows)
On our wedding day