Mahmud I of Great Seljuq

Nasir ad - dunya wa -d -Din Mahmud I ( DMG Nasir al - Dunya wa - ' d -Din Mahmud I., † November 1094 ) was Sultan of the 1092-1094 Großseldschuken.

When his father, Sultan Malik Shah I, in November 1092, died in Baghdad, a war broke out to its successor and several local rulers became independent. So the Rum Seljuk solved under Kilitsch - Arslan I and in Syria Mahmud's uncle Tutusch the kingdom.

The only four -or five- year-old Mahmoud was proclaimed in Baghdad as the new Sultan, but de facto was the power of his mother, the qarachanidischen Princess Terken - Khatun, from which Nizam al - Mulk rival Taj al -Mulk could bring to their side.

The actual heir apparent and eldest son of Malik - Shah, Berk - Yaruq, was provided by Terken - Khatun under arrest. However, he was freed by the followers of the assassinated Grand Vizier Nizam al -Mulk and again proclaimed sultan. In January 1093 Berk - Yaruq won at Borudscherd about Mahmud's troops and then laid siege to Isfahan. According to the agreement, then closed Mahmud was invested with the regions of Fars and Isfahan, while Berk - Yaruq ruled the great rest.

In September or October 1094, died Terken - Khatun and Mahmud I. did in November of smallpox.

  • Sultan
  • Seljuk
  • Born in the 11th century
  • Died in 1094
  • Man
DIN 31635 Sultanate of Rum Tutush I Fars Province
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