عزم ملكشاه على إخراج الخليفة من بغداد فمات
عزم ملكشاه على إخراج الخليفة من بغداد فمات
c. 1092 CE · 485 AH
In 485 Malikshah returned to Baghdad bent on harm, sending the caliph word: 'you must leave me Baghdad and go where you will'. 'Grant me a month' — 'not an hour'. The caliph asked the sultan's vizier for ten days — whereupon the sultan fell ill and died, counted a karama for the caliph; it is said he had sat fasting on ashes cursing Malikshah till answered. The sultan's wife Turkan hid the death, had the amirs swear to her five-year-old Mahmud — titled Nasir al-Dunya wa'l-Din — then his brother Barkyaruq rose and was invested as Rukn al-Din 1.
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- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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In time
Overview
Al-Suyuti relates that Malikshah returned to Baghdad in 485 AH, and sent to the caliph al-Muqtadi that he should leave Baghdad to him and go to whatever land he chose. 2
The respite and the death
The caliph asked for a respite, then ten days through the sultan's vizier. The sultan fell ill and died. This is counted as a mark of honour for the caliph, according to the account, and it is said that the caliph used to fast and curse Malikshah. 2
After his death
His wife Turkan concealed his death and made the amirs swear allegiance to her son Mahmud, who was five years old. Then his brother Barkiyaruq rose against him. 2
Connections
People and things also explored
The sakk and the hawala· سقوط دمشق بيد أتسز· تلقيب يوسف بن تاشفين بأمير المسلمين· المقتدي بأمر الله عبد الله بن محمد بن القائم· السلطان ملكشاه جلال الدولة بن ألب أرسلان
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 653
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.653
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islam.museum contributors. “عزم ملكشاه على إخراج الخليفة من بغداد فمات”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/malikshah-baghdad-ultimatum-485/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.