List of sultans of the

Seljuk Empire

Great Seljuk sultans ruled between 1029–1157. Seljuk Bey, who is from the Kınık tribe of the
Oghuzs, who gave this state its name, founded his own state in the city of Cend. He sided with
the Samanids in the struggle for dominance between the Karakhanids and Samanids. He took
Tuğrul Bey and Çağrı Bey who were the sons of his son Mikail, who died in a war, and raised him
by himself. He died in Cend in 1007 or 1009. Tuğrul Bey is the founder and first ruler of the Great
Seljuk State.

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire

IMPERIAL

Details

Style Sultan, Sultan of Sultans, Shahanshah

First monarch Toghrul I

Last monarch Toghrul III

Formation 1037

Abolition 1194
For a list of rulers of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, see List of Seljuk sultans of Rûm.

List of sultans
 Laqab Given name Regnal name Birth Marriages Death

1) Altun Jan
Khatun
(2) Aka
(daughter of
Rukn ad- Yusuf Qadir-Khan,
Dunya wa ad- Toghrul-Beg Khagan of Kara-
Muhammad 990 4 September 1063
Din (1037–1063) Khanid Khanate)
‫رکن الدنیا والدین‬ (3) Seyyedeh
Fatima
(daughter of Al-
Qa'im, Abbasid
caliph)

(1) Aka
(daughter of
Diya ad-Din Yusuf Qadir-Khan,
Adud ad- 20 Khagan of Kara-
Alp Arslan
Dawlah Muhammad January Khanid Khanate, 15 December 1072
(1063–1072)
‫ضياء الدين عضد‬ 1029 [1]
widow of Toghrul
‫الدولة‬ I)
(2) Safariyya
Khatun

Muizz ad-Din Hasan Malik-Shah I 1055 1) Terken Khatun 19 November 1092

Jalal ad- (1072–1092) (daughter of
Dawlah Ibrahim
‫معز الدین جالل‬ Tamghach-Khan,
‫الدولة‬ Khagan of the
Western Kara-
Khanids)
(2) Zubaida
Khatun
(daughter of
Yaquti ibn
Chaghri-Beg)
 (3) Tajuddin
Safariyya Khatun

Nasir ad-
Dunya wa ad-
Mahmud I 1087 or
Din [2]
1094
(1092–1094) 1088[3]
‫ناصر الدنیا‬
‫والدین‬

Rukn ad-
Dunya wa ad- Barkiyaruq
Muhammad 1081[4] 1105
Din (1094–1105)
‫رکن الدنیا والدین‬

Rukn ad-
Dunya wa ad-
Din Jalal ad- Malik-Shah II
? ?
Dawlah (1105)
‫رکن الدنیا والدین‬
‫جالل الدولة‬

Ghiyath ad-
(1) Gawhar
Dunya wa ad-
Tapar January Khatun
Din Muhammad [5]
April 1118[6]
(1105–1118) 1082 (2) Safaveddin
‫غیاث الدنیا‬
Maryam Khatun
‫والدین‬

Mughith ad- Mahmud II 1105 1) Mah-i Mulk 1131

Dunya wa ad- (1118–1131) Khatun
Din Jalal ad- (daughter of
Dawlah Sanjar)
‫مغيث الدنیا‬ (2) Amir Siti
‫والدین جالل‬ Khatun
‫الدولة‬ (daughter of
Sanjar)
(3) Ata Khatun
(daughter of
Khadija Arslan-
 Khatun bint
Chaghri-Beg)

1) Terken Khatun
(wife of Ahmad
Sanjar)
(daughter of
Muizz ad- Muhammad
Dunya wa ad- Arslan-Khan,
Din Adud ad- Sanjar Khagan of the
Ahmad 1085 8 May 1157
Dawlah (1118–1153) Western Kara-
‫معز الدنیا والدین‬ Khanids)
‫عضد الدولة‬ (2) Rusudan
(daughter of
Demetrius I of
Georgia, widow of
Masud)

Ghiyath ad-
Dunya wa ad- Gawhar Khatun
Dawud
Din ? (daughter of ?
(1131–1132)
‫غیاث الدنیا‬ Masud)
‫والدین‬

Rukn ad-
Dunya wa ad- Tughril II October/November
1109[8] Momine Khatun
Din (1132–1134)[7] 1134
‫رکن الدنیا والدین‬

Ghiyath ad- Masud 1108 or 1) Gawhar Khatun 13 September

Dunya wa ad- (1134–1152) 1109 (daughter of 1152
Din Sanjar)
‫غیاث الدنیا‬ (2) Zubaida
‫والدین‬ 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)

Muin ad-
Dunya wa ad-
Malik-Shah III
Din ? 1160
(1152–1153)
‫معين الدنیا‬
‫والدین‬

1) Mahd Rafi
Khatun
(daughter of
Rukn ad- Kirman-Shah ibn
Muhammad-
Dunya wa ad- Arslan-Shah I)
Shah 1128 December 1159
Din (2) Gawhar
(1153–1159)
‫رکن الدنیا والدین‬ Khatun
(daughter of
Masud, widow of
Dawud)

Ghiyath ad-
Dunya wa ad-
Suleiman-Shah
Din ? 1161
(1159–1161)
‫غیاث الدنیا‬
‫والدین‬

Muizz ad-
Dunya wa ad- Arslan-Shah
? Kirmani Khatun 1176
Din (1161–1176)
‫معز الدنیا والدین‬

Rukn ad- Toghrul III 1168 or 1194

Dunya wa ad- (1176–1191) 1169
 Din 1st reign
‫رکن الدنیا والدین‬

Inanj Khatun
Muzaffar ad-
(daughter of
Dunya wa ad-
Qizil Arslan Sunqur-Inanj, ruler
Din ? 1191
(1191) of Rey, widow of
‫مظفر الدنیا‬
Muhammad ibn
‫والدین‬
Ildeniz)

Rukn ad-
Toghrul III
Dunya wa ad- 1168 or
(1192–1194) 1194
Din 1169
2nd reign
‫رکن الدنیا والدین‬

See also

References

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