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Sultan Shah, a claimant to the title of Khwarazm Shah from 1172, has over the past several years remained a threat to his brother Tekish, who has been forced to conduct expeditions into Khurasan several times as a result.

Despite this, Sultan Shah has been unable to make any significant gains against his brother.

He also has had occasional problems with the Ghurids in Afghanistan; in an 1189/1190 campaign they had invaded his territory, defeated him and took some of his possessions.

Sultan Shah had decided in 1192 to launch an expedition against Khwarazm, taking advantage of Tekish's absence there; the latter is at the time in western Iran dealing with the Seljuqs of Hamadan.

While the campaign is underway, however, he dies in 1193 and Tekish seizes some of his possessions, reuniting the Khwarazmid lands.

The state of Ajmer fails to fulfill the tribute demands as per the custom after a defeat; as a consequence, Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1193 takes over Ajmer and soon establishes Ghurid control in northern and central India.

Rajput kingdoms such as Saraswati, Samana, …

…Kohram and Hansi are captured without any difficulty.

The forces of Qutb-ud-din Aibak finally advance on Delhi, capturing it soon after the Battle of Chandwar(modern Firozabad), on the Jumna River close to Agra, a surprise attack on Raja Jaichand of Kannauj.

Mu'izz ad-Din returns west to Ghazni to deal with the threat to his western frontiers from the unrest in Iran, but he appoints Aibak as his regional governor for northern India, using Delhi as a base to further enlarge his growing empire.

The Ghurid armies, mostly under Turkic generals, continue to advance through northern India, raiding as far east as Bengal.

Aibak ransacks Ayodhya temples in 1193, followed by his conquest of Delhi.

Evidence in literature suggests that in 1193, Muhammad Khilji, a general under the command of Qutb-ud-Din, sacks and burns Nalanda, India's greatest Buddhist university.

Guy has obtained the governorship of Cyprus, which he had bought from Richard after the Knights Templar had proven unable to pay Richard's price.

Calling himself lord of Cyprus, Guy invites families that had lost their lands in Palestine to settle in Cyprus, thereby laying the basis for a French-speaking feudal monarchy that will survive to the end of the Middle Ages.

Italian merchants assume an increasingly important role on the island.

Richard I of England, having been informed that his brother, John Lackland, was attempting to usurp the throne in England, had arranged for a treaty with Saladin, and the Third Crusade had come to an end when Richard rashly left for England in late October.

However, Philip of France meanwhile had come to terms with John and had closed the French harbors; Richard, forced to make his way across the Adriatic Sea, had gone ashore near Aquileia.

Due to the coming winter, crossing the Alps has proved to be impossible, and the king, incognito, passes through the Austrian capital Vienna shortly before Christmas, where he is recognized, captured and imprisoned at Dürnstein by Duke Leopold, who has not forgotten the slight at Acre.