List of Seljuk leaders

=Rulers of Seljuk Dynasty 1037-1157=

The "Great Seljuks" were heads of the family; in theory their authority extended over all the other Seljuk lines, although in practice this often was not the case. Turkish custom called for the senior member of the family to be the Great Seljuk, although usually the position was associated with the ruler of western Persia.
* Tugrul I (Tugrul Beg) 1037-1063
* Alp Arslan bin Chaghri 1063-1072
* Jalal ad-Dawlah Malik Shah I 1072-1092
* Nasir ad-Din Mahmud I 1092-1093
* Rukn ad-Din Barkiyaruq 1093-1104
* Mu'izz ad-Din Malik Shah II 1105
* Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad/Mehmed I Tapar 1105-1118"Muhammad's son Mahmud II succeeded him in western Persia, but Sanjar, the governor of Khurasan from 1097 and the senior member of the family, becomes Great Seljuk sultan
* Mu'izz ad-Din Ahmed Sanjar 1118-1157"The Oghuz take control of much of Khurasan, with the remainder in the hands of former Seljuk emirs"

eljuk sultans of Hamadan 1118-1194

The rulers of western Persia, who maintained a very loose grip on the Abbasids of Baghdad. Several Turkish emirs gained a strong level of influence in the region, such as the Eldiduzids.
* Mahmud II 1118-1131
* Da'ud (in Jibal and Iranian Azerbaijan) 1131
* Tugrul II 1131-1134
* Mas'ud 1134-1152
* Malik Shah III 1152-1153
* Muhammad II 1153-1160
* Suleiman Shah 1160-1161
* Arslan Shah 1161-1174
* Tugrul III 1174-1194"Tugrul III killed in battle with the Khwarazmshah, who annexes Hamadan"

eljuk rulers of Kerman 1041-1187

Kerman was a province in southern Persia.

* Qawurd 1041-1073
* Kerman Shah 1073-1074
* Sultan Shah 1074-1075
* Hussain Omar 1075-1084
* Turan Shah I 1084-1096
* Iran Shah 1096-1101
* Arslan Shah I 1101-1142
* Mehmed I (Muhammad) 1142-1156
* Toğrül Shah 1156-1169
* Bahram Shah 1169-1174
* Arslan Shah II 1174-1176
* Turan Shah II 1176-1183
* Mehmed II (Muhammad) 1183-1187"Mehmed II overthrown by the Oghuz chief Malik Dinar"

eljuk rulers in Syria 1076-1117

* Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I 1085-1086
* Jalal ad-Dawlah Malik Shah I of Great Seljuk 1086-1087
* Qasim ad-Dawla Abu Said Aq Sunqur al-Hajib 1087-1094
* Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I "(second time)" 1094-1095
* Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan 1095-1113
* Tadj ad-Dawla Alp Arslan al-Akhras 1113-1114
* Sultan Shah 1114-1123"To the Artuqids"

Sultans/Emirs of Damascus:
* Aziz ibn Abaaq al-Khwarazmi 1076-1079
* Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I 1079-1095
* Abu Nasr Shams al-Muluk Duqaq 1095-1104
* Tutush II 1104
* Muhi ad-Din Baqtash 1104"Damascus seized by the Burid Toghtekin"

eljuk sultans of Rüm (Anatolia) 1077-1307

* Kutalmish 1060-1077
* Süleyman Ibn Kutalmish (Suleiman) 1077-1086
* Dawud Kilij Arslan I 1092-1107
* Malik Shah 1107-1116
* Rukn ad-Din Mas'ud 1116-1156
* Izz ad-Din Kilij Arslan II 1156-1192
* Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw I 1192-1196
* Süleyman II (Suleiman) 1196-1204
* Kilij Arslan III 1204-1205
* Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw I "(second time)" 1205-1211
* Izz ad-Din Kaykaus I 1211-1220
* Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I 1220-1237
* Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw II 1237-1246
* Izz ad-Din Kaykaus II 1246-1260
* Rukn ad-Din Kilij Arslan IV 1248-1265
* Ala ad-Din Kayqubad II 1249-1257
* Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw III 1265-1282
* Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II 1282-1284
* Ala ad-Din Kayqubad III 1284
* Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II "(second time)" 1284-1293
* Ala ad-Din Kayqubad III "(second time)" 1293-1294
* Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II "(third time)" 1294-1301
* Ala ad-Din Kayqubad III "(third time)" 1301-1303
* Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II "(fourth time)" 1303-1307

References

*Previte-Orton, C. W (1971). "The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

External links

* [http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=Seljuk_empire All Empires Online History Community: The Seljuk Empire]