Muhammad II ibn Mahmud

Muhammad II
Muhammad II mourning for his wife (the daughter of Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtafi). Folio from a manuscript of Nigaristan, Iran, probably Shiraz, dated 1573–74.
Sultan of the Seljuq Empire
Reign1153–1159
PredecessorMalik-Shah III
SuccessorSuleiman-Shah
Co-sultanAhmad Sanjar
(1153–1157)
BornApril 1128[1]
DiedDecember 1159–January 1160[1]
Hamadan
Spouse
  • Gawhar Khatun
  • Mahd Rafi Khatun
  • Kerman Khatun
Names
Muhammad II ibn Mahmud
HouseHouse of Seljuq
FatherMahmud II
MotherZahida Khatun (?)[2]
ReligionSunni Islam

Muhammad II ibn Mahmud (1128 – 1159) was Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159. He was son of Mahmud II and brother of Malik-Shah III. The Cambridge History of Iran notes that Sultan Muhammad "tried energetically to restore the slipping authority of his dynasty in Iraq".[3]

  1. ^ a b al-Athīr, I.D.I.; Richards, D.S. (2006). The Chronicle of Ibn Al-Athīr for the Crusading Period from Al-Kāmil Fīʼl-taʼrīkh: The years 541-589. Crusade texts in translation. Ashgate. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7546-4078-3.
  2. ^ Lambton, A.K.S. (1988). Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia. Bibliotheca Persica. Bibliotheca Persica. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-88706-133-2.
  3. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 175.