Tughril II | |||||
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Sultan of the Seljuq Empire | |||||
Reign | 1132 – 24 October 1134 | ||||
Predecessor | Dawud | ||||
Successor | Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud | ||||
Co-sultan |
Ahmad Sanjar (1132–1134) | ||||
Born | c. 1109 | ||||
Died | 24 October 1134 | ||||
Spouse | Mumina Khatun | ||||
Issue | Arslan-Shah | ||||
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House | House of Seljuq | ||||
Father | Muhammad I Tapar | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Rukn al-Dunya wa'l-Din Abu Talib Tughril bin Muhammad ( c. 1109 – 24 October 1134 [1]) known as Tughril II was the Sejluk sultan of Persian Iraq briefly in 1132. He maintained power through the support of his uncle, the principal Seljuk sultan Ahmad Sanjar ( r. 1118–1157); when the latter left for Transoxiana to suppress a rebellion in 1132, Tughril II lost Iraq to his rival and brother Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud. Tughril II briefly took refuge in the domain of the Bavandid ispahbad (ruler) Ali I ( r. 1118–1142) in Mazandaran, where he stayed during the whole winter of 1132–1133. He subsequently captured the capital Hamadan, but was stricken with sickness and died on his arrival to the capital, in October/November 1134. Tughril II was survived by his son Arslan, who was raised by the atabeg Eldiguz, who installed him on the throne in 1161. [2]
His only wife was Mumina Khatun. [3] She was the mother of his son, Arslan-Shah. After Tughril's death, Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud married her to Sham al-Din Eldiguz. He took her to Barda. With him, she had two sons, Atabeg Muhammad Jahan Pahlavan and Atabeg Qizil Arslan. [4] She died in 1175–76, [5] and was buried in her own mausoleum in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.