طغرل بك محمد بن ميكائيل السلجوقي
طغرل بك محمد بن ميكائيل السلجوقي
The Seljuk sultan Muhammad ibn Mika'il, summoned secretly by al-Qa'im against al-Basasiri; he came in 447, killed his bought brother Inal, restored the caliph in honour and destroyed al-Basasiri — the first Seljuk lord of Baghdad. Al-Qa'im gave him his daughter in 454; he came in 455, restored the inheritances and makus, farmed Baghdad at 150,000 dinars, and died at Rayy in Ramadan — succeeded by his nephew Alp Arslan 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Tughrul Beg, Muhammad ibn Mikail the Seljuk. al-Suyuti counts him as the first Seljuk sultan to rule Baghdad 2.
His entry into Baghdad
al-Suyuti reports that al-Qa'im wrote to him to come when al-Basasiri had resolved to seize him, and he came in the year 447 AH. He occupied himself with his brother Yinal, whom al-Basasiri had encouraged with his office. He overcame Yinal and killed him, returned the caliph honourably to his house, and al-Basasiri was defeated and killed 2.
His marriage and death
al-Qa'im gave him his daughter in marriage in the year 454 AH, and he came in the year 455 AH and consummated the marriage. He restored the inheritances and the taxes, and guaranteed Baghdad for a hundred and fifty thousand dinars. Then he returned to al-Rayy and died there in Ramadan. His nephew Alp Arslan was set up after him 2.
See also Tughril Beg in Shadharat al-Dhahab.
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القائم بأمر الله عبد الله بن القادر· أرسلان البساسيري التركي· المستنصر بالله معد بن الظاهر· أبو القاسم علي بن المسلمة· السلطان مسعود بن محمود الغزنوي· مهارش بن المجلي العقيلي· Quraysh ibn Badran al-Uqayli· وقعة البساسيري والخطبة للمستنصر العبيدي ببغداد
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 642-645
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.642-645
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islam.museum contributors. “طغرل بك محمد بن ميكائيل السلجوقي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/tughrul-beg/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.