Shams al-Din Eldiguz
شمس الدين إلدجز
Shams al-Din Eldiguz; a Qipchaq mamluk of the Seljuk sultan Mas'ud of Iraq who founded the Azerbaijan atabegate in 531 — his house ruling the Jibal and Persian Iraq for near a century until Khwarazmshah ended it in 622.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military-commander
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Shams al-Din Ildigiz, a man from the lands of the Qipchaq, who had been a mamluk of Sultan Mas'ud the Seljuk in Iraq 1.
The atabegate
He founded the atabegate of Azerbaijan in the year 531 AH. His state lasted about a century in the mountains, Azerbaijan and Iraq Ajam, until the Khwarazm Shah removed it in the year 622 AH 2.
Connections
- Founder of
- Eldiguzid atabegs of Azerbaijan
People and things also explored
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan, p.88-89
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shams al-Din Eldiguz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shams-al-din-ildigiz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.