Sultan Malik Shah I

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Sultan Malik Shah I was an 11th-century Seljuk sultan renowned for his empire’s expansion and for sponsoring major administrative and scientific reforms, including the calendar that later bore his name.

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instanceOf 11th-century ruler
Seljuk sultan
monarch
alsoKnownAs Malik Shah ibn Alp Arslan NERFINISHED
Malik-Shah I NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jalali calendar NERFINISHED
Nizamiyya madrasas NERFINISHED
birthDate 1055
capitalDuringReign Isfahan NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath sudden illness
commissioned Jalali calendar NERFINISHED
deathDate 1092-11-19
deathPlace Baghdad NERFINISHED
dynasty Seljuk dynasty NERFINISHED
empire Great Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED
era pre-Crusades Middle East
father Alp Arslan NERFINISHED
fullName Jalal al-Dawla Malik Shah NERFINISHED
givenName Malik Shah NERFINISHED
issue Ahmad Sanjar NERFINISHED
Barkiyaruq NERFINISHED
Mahmud I of Great Seljuk NERFINISHED
Muhammad I Tapar NERFINISHED
knownFor administrative reforms
patronage of science
reform of the calendar
territorial expansion of the Seljuk Empire
militaryCampaigns campaigns in Anatolia against the Byzantines
campaigns in Syria
mother Aka Khatun NERFINISHED
notableAdvisor Nizam al-Mulk NERFINISHED
patronOf Omar Khayyam NERFINISHED
astronomers in Isfahan
posthumousEffect succession crisis in the Seljuk Empire
predecessor Alp Arslan NERFINISHED
reignEnd 1092
reignStart 1072
religion Sunni Islam
spouse Terken Khatun NERFINISHED
strengthened Seljuk administrative institutions
successor Mahmud I of Great Seljuk NERFINISHED
supported construction of madrasas
territorialControl Iraq NERFINISHED
Khorasan NERFINISHED
Persia NERFINISHED
parts of Anatolia
parts of Syria
title Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire

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Jalali calendar namedForTitleOf Sultan Malik Shah I