Baha al-Din Sam II

Baha al-Din Sam II
Malik of Bamiyan
Reign	1192–1206
Predecessor	Abbas ibn Muhammad
Successor	Jalal al-Din Ali
Born	12th-century Bamiyan
Died	1206 Near Ghazni
Spouse	Daughter of Ala al-Din Atsiz
House	Ghurid
Father	Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud
Mother	Sister of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad
Religion	Sunni Islam

Baha al-Din Sam II (Persian: بهاء الدین سام‎‎) was the fourth ruler of the Ghurid branch of Bamiyan, ruling from 1192 to 1206.

Baha al-Din Sam II was the son of Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Masud and an unnamed sister of his relative Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad. Baha al-Din also had an older half-brother named Abbas ibn Muhammad, whose mother was Turkic. In 1192, their father died, and Abbas shortly ascended the throne. However, Ghiyath al-Din and his brother Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad shortly deposed Abbas, and replaced him with Baha al-Din.

Shortly after his ascension, Baha al-Din became famous among his subjects, and patronized many scholars such as the prominent Iranian philosopher Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi. In 1198, Baha al-Din wrested Balkh from Kara-Khitan control after the death of its governor. During the same year, war broke out between the Ghurids and the Khwarazmian dynasty, which was supported by their suzerain Kara-Khitans; the Khwarazmians attacked Herat, while the Kara-Khitans invaded Guzgan, and demanded tribute from Baha al-Din. However, the Ghurids shortly managed to inflict a heavy defeat on the two empires, and then used the opportunity to conquer Marv, Sarakhs, Nasa, Abiward, Tus, and Nishapur. Several Ghurid princes were shortly appointed as the governor of the cities, which included a nephew of Baha al-Din's grandfather Fakhr al-Din Masud, Taj al-Din Zangi.

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