Mahmud I (Seljuk)

Nasir ad-Dunya wa-d-Din Mahmud I ( DMG Nāṣir ad-Dunyā wa-'d-Dīn Maḥmūd I .; † November 1094 ) was 1092-1094 Sultan of the Great Seljuks .

When his father, Sultan Malik-Shah I , died in Baghdad in November 1092 , a war over his successor broke out and several local rulers went into business for themselves. So the Rum Seljuks under Kilitsch-Arslan I and in Syria Mahmud's uncle Tutusch broke away from the empire.

The only four or five year old Mahmud was proclaimed the new sultan in Baghdad, but the de facto power came from his mother, the Qarachanid princess Tarkan Chatun , who was able to win over Nizam al-Mulk's rival Taj al-Mulk.

The actual heir to the throne and eldest son of Malik-Shah, Berk-Yaruq , was placed under arrest by Terken-Chatun. However, he was freed again by the supporters of the murdered Grand Vizier Nizam al-Mulk and proclaimed Sultan. In January 1093 Berk-Yaruq was victorious at Borudscherd over Mahmud's troops and then besieged Isfahan . According to the agreement subsequently concluded, Mahmud was enfeoffed with the regions of Fars and Isfahan, while Berk-Yaruq ruled the rest of the population.

Terken-Chatun died in September or October 1094 and Mahmud I succumbed to smallpox in November .

predecessor	Office	successor
Malik Shah I.	Sultan of the Great Seljuks 1092-1094	Berk-Yaruq