Mahmud I of Great Seljuk
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Mahmud I of Great Seljuk was a 12th-century Seljuk ruler who briefly held the sultanate during the empire’s period of political fragmentation and decline.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
11th–12th century ruler
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Muslim ruler ⓘ Seljuk sultan ⓘ Turkic monarch ⓘ |
| administrativeTradition | Persian-Islamic bureaucracy ⓘ |
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| conflictType | dynastic civil wars ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Great Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Persianate ⓘ |
| currencyUsed |
dinar
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dirham ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Great Seljuk Empire
NERFINISHED
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Seljuk dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Oghuz Turk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Muhammad I Tapar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Mahmud I ibn Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mahmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
illustrates the fragmentation of the Great Seljuk central authority
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represents late phase of Great Seljuk political power ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Islamic law (Sharia) ⓘ |
| madhhab | Sunni (likely Hanafi or Shafi‘i influenced environment) ⓘ |
| militaryBase |
Turkic slave-soldiers (ghulams)
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tribal Turkic cavalry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
briefly holding the Seljuk sultanate during a period of political fragmentation
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ruling during the decline of the Great Seljuk Empire ⓘ |
| overlappedWith | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
decentralization of Seljuk authority
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internal dynastic struggles within the Seljuk family ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Iranian plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of Iraq ⓘ |
| regnalName | Mahmud I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Ahmad Sanjar
NERFINISHED
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Mahmud II of Great Seljuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| successor | regional Seljuk and atabeg rulers ⓘ |
| successorEmpireContext | precedes the rise of the Khwarazmian Empire in former Seljuk lands ⓘ |
| successorStateContext | rise of regional Seljuk and atabeg principalities ⓘ |
| title |
Amir al-Mu'minin’s protector (de facto protector of the Abbasid caliph)
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Sultan ⓘ |
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