List of sultans of the Seljuk Empire explained

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).

List of sultans

LaqabGiven nameRegnal nameBirthMarriagesDeath
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din
Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین
MuhammadToghrul-Beg
(1037–1063)
9901) 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
MuhammadAlp 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
HasanMalik-Shah I
(1072–1092)
10551) 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
MuhammadBarkiyaruq
(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
MuhammadTapar
(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)
11051) 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
AhmadSanjar
(1118–1153)
10851) 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 KhatunOctober/November 1134
Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa ad-Din
Arabic: غیاث الدنیا والدین
Masud
(1134–1152)
1108 or 11091) 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)
11281) 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 Khatun1176
Rukn ad-Dunya wa ad-Din
Arabic: رکن الدنیا والدین
Toghrul III
(1176–1191)
1st reign
1168 or 11691194
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 11691194

See also

Notes and References

  1. Soviet Historical Encyclopedia. Volume I. Page 415.
  2. International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties, Ed. Nagendra Kr Singh, (Anmol Publication PVT Ltd., 2005), 1076.
  3. [:de:Seldschuken-Fürsten#Stammbaum|"Liste der Seldschuken-Fürsten"]
  4. [:de:Seldschuken-Fürsten#Stammbaum|"Liste der Seldschuken-Fürsten"]
  5. [:de:Seldschuken-Fürsten#Stammbaum|"Liste der Seldschuken-Fürsten"]
  6. [:de:Seldschuken-Fürsten#Stammbaum|"Liste der Seldschuken-Fürsten"]
  7. [:de:Seldschuken-Fürsten#Stammbaum|"Liste der Seldschuken-Fürsten"]
  8. [:de:Seldschuken-Fürsten#Stammbaum|"Liste der Seldschuken-Fürsten"]