Border: | imperial |
Royal Title: | Sultan |
Realm: | the Seljuk Empire |
Style: | Sultan, Sultan of Sultans, Shahanshah |
First Monarch: | Toghrul I |
Last Monarch: | Toghrul III |
Began: | 1037 |
Ended: | 1194 |
This is a list of sultans of the Seljuk Empire (1037–1194).
Laqab | Given name | Regnal name | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین | Muhammad | Toghrul-Beg (1037–1063) | 990 | 1) Altun Jan Khatun (2) Aka (daughter of Yusuf Qadir-Khan, Khagan of Kara-Khanid Khanate) (3) Seyyedeh Fatima (daughter of Al-Qa'im, Abbasid caliph) | 4 September 1063 |
Diya ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Arabic: ضياء الدين عضد الدولة | Muhammad | Alp Arslan (1063–1072) | 20 January 1029[1] | (1) Aka (daughter of Yusuf Qadir-Khan, Khagan of Kara-Khanid Khanate, widow of Toghrul I) (2) Safariyya Khatun | 15 December 1072 |
Muizz ad-Din Jalal ad-Dawlah Arabic: معز الدین جلال الدولة | Hasan | Malik-Shah I (1072–1092) | 1055 | 1) Terken Khatun (daughter of Ibrahim Tamghach-Khan, Khagan of the Western Kara-Khanids) (2) Zubaida Khatun (daughter of Yaquti ibn Chaghri-Beg) (3) Tajuddin Safariyya Khatun | 19 November 1092 |
Nasir ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: ناصر الدنیا والدین | Mahmud I (1092–1094)[2] | 1087 or 1088[3] | 1094 | ||
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین | Muhammad | Barkiyaruq (1094–1105) | 1081[4] | 1105 | |
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Jalal ad-Dawlah Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین جلال الدولة | Malik-Shah II (1105) | ? | ? | ||
Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: غیاث الدنیا والدین | Muhammad | Tapar (1105–1118) | January 1082[5] | (1) Gawhar Khatun (2) Safaveddin Maryam Khatun | April 1118[6] |
Mughith ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Jalal ad-Dawlah Arabic: مغيث الدنیا والدین جلال الدولة | Mahmud II (1118–1131) | 1105 | 1) Mah-i Mulk Khatun (daughter of Sanjar) (2) Amir Siti Khatun (daughter of Sanjar) (3) Ata Khatun (daughter of Khadija Arslan-Khatun bint Chaghri-Beg) | 1131 | |
Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Arabic: معز الدنیا والدین عضد الدولة | Ahmad | Sanjar (1118–1153) | 1085 | 1) Terken Khatun (wife of Ahmad Sanjar) (daughter of Muhammad Arslan-Khan, Khagan of the Western Kara-Khanids) (2) Rusudan (daughter of Demetrius I of Georgia, widow of Masud) | 8 May 1157 |
Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: غیاث الدنیا والدین | Dawud (1131–1132) | ? | Gawhar Khatun (daughter of Masud) | ? | |
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین | Tughril II (1132–1134)[7] | 1109[8] | Momine Khatun | October/November 1134 | |
Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: غیاث الدنیا والدین | Masud (1134–1152) | 1108 or 1109 | 1) Gawhar Khatun (daughter of Sanjar) (2) Zubaida Khatun (daughter of Barkiyaruq) (3) Mustazhiriyya (daughter of Qawurd) (4) Sufra (daughter of Dubais) (5) Arab-Khatun (6) Rusudan (daughter of Demetrius I of Georgia) | 13 September 1152 | |
Muin ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: معين الدنیا والدین | Malik-Shah III (1152–1153) | ? | 1160 | ||
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین | Muhammad-Shah (1153–1159) | 1128 | 1) Mahd Rafi Khatun (daughter of Kirman-Shah ibn Arslan-Shah I) (2) Gawhar Khatun (daughter of Masud, widow of Dawud) | December 1159 | |
Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: غیاث الدنیا والدین | Suleiman-Shah (1159–1161) | ? | 1161 | ||
Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: معز الدنیا والدین | Arslan-Shah (1161–1176) | ? | Kirmani Khatun | 1176 | |
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین | Toghrul III (1176–1191) 1st reign | 1168 or 1169 | 1194 | ||
Muzaffar ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: مظفر الدنیا والدین | Qizil Arslan (1191) | ? | Inanj Khatun (daughter of Sunqur-Inanj, ruler of Rey, widow of Muhammad ibn Ildeniz) | 1191 | |
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین | Toghrul III (1192–1194) 2nd reign | 1168 or 1169 | 1194 | ||