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the caliph army
Commanders: al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'
Sultan Tughril
Commanders: السلطان طغرل الثالث بن أرسلان
Summary
The army of the caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah was defeated by Sultan Tughril ibn Arslan. Al-Nasir had favoured Tughril and strengthened his position by granting him the atabegate, until Tughril came to rule Rayy, Hamadan, Isfahan and Azerbaijan 2.
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- al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'· السلطان طغرل الثالث بن أرسلان
People and things also explored
Death of caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah· Death of caliph al-Nasir's son· death of al-Mustaḍīʾ — the forty-seven-year caliphate of al-Nāṣir begins· Killing of Sultan Tughril III, last Seljuk sultan in Iraq· al-Nasir's vizier Nasir al-Din dismissed· al-Nasir builds the Nizamiyya library and the Harim-gate ribat· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 178
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.178
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islam.museum contributors. “the caliph army routed by Sultan Tughril”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/caliph-army-tughril-586/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.