List of Seljuq princes
The Great Seljuks (1038–1194)
Name and title (simply transcribed and in DMG romanization ) | Reign | Remarks | |
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Rukn ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Abu Talib Muhammad Toghril-Beg I.
(Rukn ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Abū Ṭālib Muḥammad Toġrïl-Beg I.) |
1038-1063 |
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Abu Sulayman Chaghri-Beg Dawud
(Abū Sulaimān Čaġrї-Beg Dāwūd) |
1038-1060 |
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Diya ad-Din Adud ad-Daula Abu Shuja Muhammad Alp-Arslan
(Ḍiyāʾ ad-Dīn ʿAḍud ad-Daula Abū Šuǧāʿ Muḥammad Alp-Arslan ) |
1063-1072 |
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Muizz ad-Din Jalal ad-Daula Abu l-Fath Malik-Shah I.
(Muʿizz ad-Dīn Ǧalāl ad-Daula Abū 'l-Fatḥ Malik-Shāh I. ) |
1072-1092 |
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Nasir ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Mahmud I.
(Nāṣir ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Maḥmūd I. ) |
1092-1094 |
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Rukn ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Abu l-Muzaffar Berk-Yaruq
(Rukn ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Abū 'l-Muẓaffar Berk-Yaruq ) |
1094-1105 |
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Rukn ad-Dunya wa-Din Jalal ad-Daula Malik-Shah II.
(Rukn ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Ǧalāl ad-Daula Malik-Shāh II. ) |
1105 |
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Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Abu Shuja Muhammad I. Tapar
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Abū Šuǧāʿ Muḥammad I. Tapar) |
1105-1118 |
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Muizz ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Adud ad-Daula Abu l-Harith Ahmad Sanjar
(Muʿizz ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn ʿAḍud ad-Daula Abū 'l-Ḥāriṯ Aḥmad Sanǧar ) |
1118-1157 |
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Mughith ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Jalal ad-Daula Abu l-Qasim Mahmud II.
(Muġīṯ ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Ǧalāl ad-Daula Abū 'l-Qāsim Maḥmūd II. ) |
1118-1131 |
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Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Abu l-Fath Dawud
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Abū 'l-Fatḥ Dāwūd ) |
1131-1132 |
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Rukn ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Toghril II.
(Rukn ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Toġrïl II. ) |
1132-1134 |
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Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Abu l-Fath Masud
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Abū 'l-Fatḥ Masʿūd ) |
1134-1152 |
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Muin ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Malik-Shah III.
(Muʿīn ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Malik-Shāh III. ) |
1152-1153 |
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Rukn ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Muhammad II.
(Rukn ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Muḥammad II. ) |
1153-1159 |
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Ghiyath ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Sulaiman-Shah
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Sulaimān-Shāh ) |
1160-1161 |
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Muizz ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Abu l-Muzaffar Arslan (-Shah)
(Muʿizz ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Abū 'l-Muẓaffar Arslan (-Šāh) ) |
1161-1176 |
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Rukn ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Toghril III.
(Rukn ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Toġrïl III. ) |
1176-1194 |
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The Kirman Seljuks (1048 to approx. 1188)
Name and title (simply transcribed and in DMG romanization) | Reign | Remarks |
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Imad ad-Din wa-d-Daula Qara-Arslan-Beg Ahmad Qawurd
(ʿImād ad-Dīn wa-'d-Daula Qara-Arslan-Beg Aḥmad Qawurd ) |
1048-1073 | |
Kirman Shah ( Kirmān-Shāh ) | 1073-1074 |
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Husain ( Ḥusain ) | 1074 | |
Rukn ad-Din wa-d-Daula Sultan Shah Ishaq
(Rukn ad-Dīn wa-'d-Daula Sultān-Shāh Isḥāq ) |
1074-1085 |
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Muhyi d-Din Imad ad-Daula Turan-Shah I.
(Muḥyī 'd-Dīn ʿImād ad-Daula Tūrān-Shāh I. ) |
1085-1096 |
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Baha ad-Din wa-d-Daula Iran-Shah
(Bahāʾ ad-Dīn wa-'d-Daula Īrān-Šāh ) |
1096-1101 |
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Muhyi l-Islam wa-l-Muslim Arslan-Shah I.
(Muḥyī 'l-Islām wa-'l-Muslimīn Arslan- Shāh I. ) |
1101-1142 |
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Mughith ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Muhammad I.
(Muġīṯ ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Muḥammad I. ) |
1142-1156 |
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Muhyi d-Dunya wa-d-Din Toghril Shah
(Muḥyī 'd-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Toġrïl-Šāh ) |
1156-1170 |
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Abu Mansur Bahram Shah
(Abū Manṣūr Bahrām-Šāh ) |
1170, ca.1171 and circa 1175 |
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Arslan Shah II.
( Arslan-Shāh II. ) |
1170, about 1172-1175 and |
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Turan Shah II.
( Tūrān-Šāh II. ) |
1177-1183 |
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Muhammad Shah
( Muḥammad-Šāh ) |
circa 1175 and approx. 1183-1188 |
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The Seljuk rulers of Syria (1078–1117)
Name and title (simply transcribed and in DMG romanization) | Reign | Remarks |
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Taj ad-Daula Abu Said Tutush I.
(Tāǧ ad-Daula Abū Saʿīd Tutuš I. ) |
1078-1095 | |
Shams al-Muluk Abu Nasr Duqaq
(Shams al-Mulūk Abū Naṣr Duqaq ) |
1095-1104 |
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Tutusch II. ( Tutuš II. ) | 1104 |
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Artasch or Begtasch ( Artaš or Begtaš ) | 1104 |
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Fachr al-Mulk Ridwan
(Faḫr al-Mulk Riḍwān ) |
1095-1113 |
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Alp-Arslan al-Achras
( Alp-Arslan al-Aḫras) |
1113-1114 |
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Sultan Shah ( Sulṭān-Šāh ) | 1114-1117 |
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The Rum Seljuks (1081–1307)
Name and title (simplified transcribed |
Reign | Remarks | |
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Sulayman I.
( Sulaimān I. ) |
1081-1086 |
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Qilich-Arslan I.
( Qїlїč-Arslan I. ) |
1092-1107 |
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Malik-Shah or Shahanshah
( Malik-Šāh or Šāhānšāh ) |
1110-1116 |
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Rukn ad-Din Masud I.
(Rukn ad-Dīn Masʿūd I. ) |
1116-1156 |
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Izz ad-Din Qilitsch-Arslan II.
(ʿIzz ad-Dīn Qїlїč-Arslan II. ) |
1156-1192 |
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Ghiyath ad-Din Kai-Chusrau I.
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dīn Kai-Ḫusrau I. ) |
1205-1211 |
1192-1197,
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Rukn ad-Din Sulaiman II.
(Rukn ad-Dīn Sulaimān II. ) |
1197-1204 | ||
Izz ad-Din Qilitsch-Arslan III.
(ʿIzz ad-Dīn Qїlїč-Arslan III. ) |
1204-1205 | ||
Izz ad-Din Kai-Kawus I.
(ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kai-Kāvūs I. ) |
1211-1220 |
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Ala ad-Din Kai-Qubad I.
(ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Kai-Qubād I. ) |
1220-1237 |
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Ghiyath ad-Din Kai-Chusrau II.
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dīn Kai-Ḫusrau II. ) |
1237-1246 |
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Izz ad-Din Kai-Kawus II.
(ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kai-Kāvūs II. ) |
1246-1257 |
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Rukn ad-Din Qilitsch-Arslan IV.
(Rukn ad-Dīn Qїlїč-Arslan IV. ) |
1248-1265 |
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Ala ad-Din Kai-Qubad II.
(ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Kai-Qubād II. ) |
1249-1257 |
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Ghiyath ad-Din Kai-Chusrau III.
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dīn Kai-Ḫusrau III. ) |
1265-1282 |
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Ghiyath ad-Din Masud II.
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dīn Masʿūd II. ) |
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1282-1284,
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Ala ad-Din Kai-Qubad III.
(ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Kai-Qubād III. ) |
1284, 1293-1294, 1301-1303 |
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Ghiyath ad-Din Masud III.
(Ġiyāṯ ad-Dīn Masʿūd III. ) |
1307 |
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family tree
- Seljuq ibn Duqaq
- Yunus (died young)
- Musa Yabghu or Bighu / Inanch Yabghu (nominal head of the family at the time of Toghril-Beg and Tschaghri-Beg, got Sistan)
- Yusuf
- Abu Ali Hasan
- Qara-Arslan Böri
- Umar
- Abu Bakr
- Daulat Shah
- Mikail
- Ibrahim Inal († 1059 after revolt)
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Er-Tasch († 1048/9 murdered in Tabas)
- Ahmad
- Muhammad
- Toghril-Beg (I.) (* approx. 990, † September 4, 1063) ∞ Altun-Dschan († 1060), Aka (bt.Qadir-Chan Yusuf)
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Tschaghri-Beg Dawud († end of 1060)
- Uthman (in Tucharistan, about 1073 in captivity of the Ghurids)
- Bahram Shah
- Sulaiman (originally heir to the throne of Toghril-Begs, got Balch in 1066)
- Muhammad (blinded in 1097)
- Ilyas (ruled Chaghaniyan and Tucharistan in 1066)
- Yaquti (ruled after Musa Yabghu in Sistan)
- Ismail
- Zubaida-Chatun ∞ Malik-Shah I.
- Arslan-Chatun Khadijah ∞ al-Qaim , then Ali b. Abi Mansur Faramurz
- Ata-Chatun (bt. Ali) ∞ Mahmud (II.) B. Muhammad
- Gouhar-Chatun ∞ Erisghi
- Safiya ∞ Ibrahim b. Quraish
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Qawurd († 1073 after revolt)
- Sultan Shah
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Turan Shah († 1096)
- Iran Shah
- Mustazhiriyya ∞ Masud b. Muhammad
- Kirman Shah († 1074)
- Husain
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Arslan-Shah I († 1142) ∞ Zaitun-Chatun (bt.Muhammad b. Malik-Schah)
- Toghril
- Kirman Shah
- Mahd Rafi-Chatun ∞ Muhammad (II.) B. Mahmud, then Arslan b. Toghril (III.) B. Arslan (Shah)
- Seljuq Shah
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Muhammad I.
- Toghril Shah
- Arslan Shah II († 1177)
- Bahram Shah
- Muhammad Shah
- Turan Shah II († 1183/84)
- Iran Shah
- Terken Shah
- Chatun-i Kirmani ∞ Malik Dinar
- Toghril Shah
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Alp-Arslan (* approx. 1030, † 1072) ∞ Aka (bt.Qadir-Chan Yusuf, Toghril-Begs widow)
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Malik-Shah I. (* 1055, † November 1092) ∞ Terken-Chatun (bt.Tamghatsch-Chan Ibrahim, † 1094), Zubaida-Chatun (bt.Yaquti)
- Dawud († 1082)
- Ahmad († 1088/89 in Merw)
- Mahmud I (* 1087/88, † 1094)
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Berk-Yaruq (* 1081, † 1104)
- Malik Shah II
- Zubaida-Chatun ∞ Masud b. Muhammad
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Ahmad Sandschar (1084 / 6–1157) ∞ Terken-Chatun (bt. Muhammad Arslan-Chan)
- Mah-i Mulk († 1130) ∞ Mahmud (II.) B. Muhammad
- Amir Siti-Chatun ∞ Mahmud (II.) B. Muhammad
- Gouhar-Chatun ∞ Masud b. Muhammad
- Sitara ∞ Garschasp II.
- Mah-i Mulk ∞ al-Muqtadi
- Jafar (should become caliph in childhood 1092)
- Gouhar-Chatun "Mahd-i Iraq" ∞ Masud III. from Ghazna
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Muhammad I. Tapar (* January 1082, † April 1118) ∞ Gouhar-Chatun
- Seljuk Shah
- Malik Shah
- Chaghri
- Fatima ∞ al-Muqtafi
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Mahmud II. (* 1104/5, † 1131) ∞ Mah-i Mulk (bt.Sandschar), Amir Siti-Chatun (bt.Sandschars), Ata-Chatun (bt.Ali b.Abi Mansur Faramurz)
- Dawud ∞ Gouhar-Chatun (bt.Masud)
- Terken-Chatun ∞ Sulayman-Shah (grandson of Qawurd)
- Zinat-Chatun
- Ata-chan
- Alp-Arslan al-Chafaji
- Farruch Shah
- Malik Shah III. († 1160)
- Muhammad II. (* 1128, † December 1159) ∞ Mahd Rafi-Chatun (bt. Kirman-Schah b. Arslan-Schah), Gouhar-Chatun (bt.Masud)
- Gouhar-i Nasab
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Masud (* 1108/9, † September 13, 1152) ∞ Gouhar-Chatun (bt.Sanjar), Zubaida-Chatun (bt.Berk-Yaruq), Mustazhiriyya (bt.Qawurd), Sufra (bt. Dubais), Arab- Chatun
- Malik Shah
- Gouhar-Chatun ∞ Dawud b. Mahmud, then Muhammad (II.) B. Mahmud
- Sulayman Shah († 1161)
- Sandschar
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Toghril II. (* 1109, † October / November 1134) ∞ Mumina-Chatun
- Alp-Arslan
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Arslan (Shah) ∞ Chatun-i Kirmani
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Toghril III. (* 1168/69, executed on March 25, 1194)
- Arslan ∞ Mahd Rafi-Chatun (bt. Kirman-Shah b. Arslan-Shah)
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Toghril III. (* 1168/69, executed on March 25, 1194)
- Seljuk Shah
- Toghan Shah
- Tekisch (1084 blinded)
- Ayaz († 1074)
- Arslan-Arghun († 1097 murdered)
- Böri-Bars († 1095 in battle with Arslan-Arghun)
- Toghril
- Arslan Shah
- Aisha ∞ Shams al-Mulk Nasr b. Tamghch-khan Ibrahim
- Zulaicha-Chatun ∞ Muslim b. Quraish
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Tutusch I. († 1095)
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Ridwan († 1113)
- Alp-Arslan (1097–1114)
- Sultan Shah († 1117)
- Duqaq († 1104)
- Artasch / Begtasch
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Ridwan († 1113)
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Malik-Shah I. (* 1055, † November 1092) ∞ Terken-Chatun (bt.Tamghatsch-Chan Ibrahim, † 1094), Zubaida-Chatun (bt.Yaquti)
- Israil / Arslan ( deported to India by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1025 )
- Arslan
- Qutalmisch († 1064 after revolt)
- Mansur
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Sulayman I. († 1086 in battle with Tutusch I.)
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Qilitsch-Arslan I (1079–1107 in the Chabur River)
- Malik Shah (or Shahan Shah)
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Mas'ud I.
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Kılıç Arslan II.
- Sulayman II
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Kai Chosrau I.
- Kai Kaus I.
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Kai Kobad I.
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Kai Chosrau II.
- Kılıç Arslan IV.
- Kai Kobad II.
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Kai Kaus II.
- Mas'ud II.
- Faramurz
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Kai Kobad III. (Murdered 1303)
- Masud III.
∞ = marriage
- Masud III.
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Kai Kobad III. (Murdered 1303)
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Kai Chosrau II.
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Kılıç Arslan II.
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Qilitsch-Arslan I (1079–1107 in the Chabur River)
Remarks
- ↑ MS Asimov, CE Bosworth: History of civilizations of Central Asia, Volume IV, Part One, pp. 150, 153
- ↑ Yusuf ibn Musa, according to Mirchond (15th century), fell in a battle with Alp-Kara, a general of the Karakhanids . Cf. Johann A. Vulles: Mirchonds Geschichte der Seldschuken, p. 17 This is dated to the time of Alp-Arslan's birth around 1030.
- ↑ In Mirchond (15th century) he is referred to as a maternal uncle , in Ibn al-Athir , Ibn Amid (Elmacin) and Abu l-Fida (13th or 14th century) as a brother through the mother or simply as Brothers. See The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5, pp. 19/31; Donald Sidney Richards: The annals of the Saljuq Turks, pp. 19f., P. 27; Johann A. Vulles: Mirchonds History of the Seljuks, p. 52
- ↑ He is described as the brother of Ibrahim Inal. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5, pp. 50/724
- ↑ According to other sources, she was not the daughter, but the sister of Malik-Shah I.