father death_date predecessor mother successor house religion birth_date issue article_title name reign
anushtegin gharchai 1127 ekinchi ? atsiz house of anushtegin islam ? ala ad-din atsiz inaltegin yusuf muhammad i of khwarazm
 muhammad i 1097 -- 1127
muhammad i of khwarazm

qutb ad-din muhammad -lrb- persian : قطب الدين محمد ; full name : `` qutb ad-dunya wa ad-din abul-fath muhammad arslantegin ibn anushtegin '' -rrb- was the first shah of khwarezm from 1097 to 1127 .
he was the son of anushtegin gharchai .
in around 1097 qutb al-din muhammad was appointed governor of khwarazm by the seljuk sultan barkiyaruq 's military commander , habashi ibn altun-taq .
habashi had just put down a revolt by two seljuk amirs , qodun and yaruq-tash , who had killed the previous governor of khwarazm , ekinchi , and wanted to rule the province themselves .
qutb al-din muhammad therefore took control of khwarazm and stopped an attempt by ekinchi 's son , toghril-tegin , to take control of the region .
during his lifetime , qutb al-din muhammad remained loyal to the seljuk ruler of khurasan , sanjar .
in 1113 or 1114 he helped a fellow seljuk vassal , the karakhanid arslan khan , stifle turmoil caused by the discontented religious classes in his realm .
he also participated in sanjar 's military campaign against the great seljuk mahmud ii , who ruled in western iran and iraq , in 1119 .
qutb al-din muhammad died in 1127 and was succeeded by his son atsiz .
