Ahmad Sanjar

Ahmad Sanjar
Ahmad Senjer seated on his throne, in a 1307 Ilkhanid miniature.
Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire
Reign18 April 1118 – 8 May 1157
PredecessorMuhammad I
Co-sultanMahmud II
(1118–1131)
Dawud
(1131–1132)
Tughril II
(1132–1134)
Mas'ud
(1134–1152)
Malik-Shah III
(1152–1153)
Muhammad II
(1153–1157)
Malik of Khorasan
Reign1097–1118
PredecessorMuhammad I Tapar
SuccessorKhwarezmian Empire conquest
Born6 November 1086
Sinjar
Died8 May 1157(1157-05-08) (aged 70)
Merv
Consort
Issue
DynastySeljuq
FatherMalik-Shah I
MotherTaj Safariyya Khatun[1][2]
ReligionSunni Islam

Ahmad Sanjar (Persian: احمد سنجر; full name: Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah[3]) (6 November 1086 – 8 May 1157)[4] was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until 1118,[5] when he became the Sultan of the Seljuq Empire, which he ruled until his death in 1157.

  1. ^ Massignon 1982, p. 162.
  2. ^ Safi 2006, p. 67.
  3. ^ معزالدنیاوالدین عدودالدوله ابوالحارث احمد سنجر ابن ملک‌شاه
  4. ^ Rashid ad-Din. "Collection of annals". Translated from Persian by O.I.Smirnova, edited by prof. A.A.Semenova. Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1952. Vol.1, book.2. p. 80.
  5. ^ "SANJAR, Aḥmad b. Malekšāh" Encyclopædia Iranica

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