Malik Shah I
E450508
Malik Shah I was an 11th-century Seljuk ruler who presided over the empire’s political and cultural zenith, overseeing vast territories from Anatolia to Central Asia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malik Shah I canonical | 3 |
| Jalal al-Din Malik Shah I | 1 |
| Malik-Shah I | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4502981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Malik Shah I Context triple: [Sultan of the Seljuk Empire, positionHeldBy, Malik Shah I]
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Ala al-Din
Ala al-Din is the given name of the medieval Arab physician and polymath Ibn al-Nafis, renowned for his early description of pulmonary circulation.
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Baha al-Dawla
Baha al-Dawla was a prominent 10th–11th century Buyid ruler who governed parts of Iran and Iraq during the later phase of the dynasty’s power.
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Rukn ud-Din Firuz
Rukn ud-Din Firuz was a short-reigning 13th-century Sultan of Delhi from the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty, known primarily for his brief and ineffective rule following the death of his father, Iltutmish.
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Ala al-Din Husayn
Ala al-Din Husayn was a 12th-century Ghurid ruler in present-day Afghanistan who significantly expanded his dynasty’s power and laid the foundations for its later prominence in the Islamic world.
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Masud I of Ghazni
Masud I of Ghazni was an 11th-century sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire known for his military campaigns in the Indian subcontinent and struggles to maintain his dynasty’s power against the Seljuks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Malik Shah I Target entity description: Malik Shah I was an 11th-century Seljuk ruler who presided over the empire’s political and cultural zenith, overseeing vast territories from Anatolia to Central Asia.
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A.
Ala al-Din
Ala al-Din is the given name of the medieval Arab physician and polymath Ibn al-Nafis, renowned for his early description of pulmonary circulation.
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B.
Baha al-Dawla
Baha al-Dawla was a prominent 10th–11th century Buyid ruler who governed parts of Iran and Iraq during the later phase of the dynasty’s power.
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C.
Rukn ud-Din Firuz
Rukn ud-Din Firuz was a short-reigning 13th-century Sultan of Delhi from the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty, known primarily for his brief and ineffective rule following the death of his father, Iltutmish.
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D.
Ala al-Din Husayn
Ala al-Din Husayn was a 12th-century Ghurid ruler in present-day Afghanistan who significantly expanded his dynasty’s power and laid the foundations for its later prominence in the Islamic world.
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E.
Masud I of Ghazni
Masud I of Ghazni was an 11th-century sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire known for his military campaigns in the Indian subcontinent and struggles to maintain his dynasty’s power against the Seljuks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim ruler
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Seljuk sultan ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Seljuk conquest of Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
development of Persianate court culture ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Isfahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Isfahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | sudden illness ⓘ |
| conflict | Byzantine–Seljuk conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1055 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1092 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Seljuk dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| empire | Great Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 11th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Turkic ⓘ |
| father | Alp Arslan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Jalal al-Dawla Malik Shah I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Malik Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | sultanate ⓘ |
| house | House of Seljuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expansion of the Great Seljuk Empire
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patronage of science and culture ⓘ political consolidation of Seljuk rule ⓘ reform of the Seljuk administrative system ⓘ support of the Nizamiyya madrasas ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| motherTongue | Turkic language ⓘ |
| notableVizier | Nizam al-Mulk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversaw |
cultural zenith of the Great Seljuk Empire
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political zenith of the Great Seljuk Empire ⓘ |
| patronOf | Omar Khayyam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Alp Arslan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Middle East
NERFINISHED
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Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1092 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1072 ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| ruledRegions |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
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Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Terken Khatun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Jalal al-Dawla (honorific title) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Mahmud I of Great Seljuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | astronomical observations in Isfahan ⓘ |
| title | Sultan of the Seljuks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedCalendarReform | Jalali calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Malik Shah I Description of subject: Malik Shah I was an 11th-century Seljuk ruler who presided over the empire’s political and cultural zenith, overseeing vast territories from Anatolia to Central Asia.
Referenced by (5)
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