Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan)

Mahmud I
Gold dinar of Mahmud I, minted at Isfahan in 1093 or 1094
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire
Reign19 November 1092 – October 1094
Coronation19 November 1092
PredecessorMalik Shah I
SuccessorBerkyaruq
RegentTerken Khatun
Born1088
DiedOctober 1094(1094-10-00) (aged 5–6)
Names
Nasir al-Din Mahmud I
FatherMalik Shah I
MotherTerken Khatun
ReligionSunni Islam

Nasir al-Din Mahmud I (1088–1094) was an infant sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094,[1] with most power held by his mother Terken Khatun. He was a younger son of the former sultan Malik Shah I and proclaimed sultan at Baghdad by the caliph al-Muqtadi (r. 1075–1094). Under his notional reign, the empire built by his father and Alp Arslan fragmented. After Mahmud's forces lost a battle at Borujerd, he and his mother were assassinated by the family of the former vizir Nizam al-Mulk.

  1. ^ International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties, Ed. Nagendra Kr Singh, (Anmol Publication PVT Ltd., 2005), 1076.