Eldiguz

Shams al-Din Eldigüz
Copper dirhams of Eldagiz
Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku
1st Atabeg of Azerbaijan
Reign1136 - 1175
SuccessorMuhammad Jahan Pahlavan
DiedNovember 1175
Nakhchivan
Burial
SpouseMomine Khatun
HouseEldiguzids

Shams al-Din Ildeniz, Eldigüz or Shamseddin Eldeniz (Persian: اتابک شمس‌الدین ایلدگز, died c. 1175–1176) was an atabeg of the Seljuq empire and founder of the dynasty of Eldiguzids, atabegs of Azerbaijan, which held sway over Armenia, Iranian Azerbaijan, and most of northwestern Persia from the second half of the 12th century to the early decades of the 13th.