تركان زوجة ملكشاه
تركان زوجة ملكشاه
Malikshah's wife; on his death she hid it, secretly had the amirs swear to her five-year-old Mahmud, and secured his sultanate from the caliph as Nasir al-Dunya wa'l-Din 1.
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Turkan, wife of Sultan Malik-Shah. al-Suyuti reports that when he died she concealed his death, and secretly sent to the amirs, and made them swear allegiance to her son Mahmud, who was five years old 2.
She then sent to al-Muqtadi asking him to make the boy sultan, and he agreed, and gave him the title Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din 2.
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. “تركان زوجة ملكشاه”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/turkan-khatun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.