Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Al-Malik Sanjar Shah ibn Ghazi ibn Mawdud ibn Atabeg Zangi, lord of the 'Umariyya Jazira. His son Ghazi killed him in 605; they had sworn to him, but the next day his father's retainers leapt on the son, killed him and crowned his brother al-Malik al-Mu'azzam. Sanjar Shah was ill-conducted and tyrannical. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Cizre
People and things also explored
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 23
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “سنجر شاه صاحب الجزيرة العمرية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sanjar-shah-jazira/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.