Sultan Malik Shah I

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Sultan Malik Shah I was an 11th-century Seljuk sultan renowned for his empire’s expansion and for sponsoring major administrative and scientific reforms, including the calendar that later bore his name.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century ruler
Seljuk sultan
monarch
alsoKnownAs Malik Shah ibn Alp Arslan
linked to: Malik Shah I

Malik-Shah I
linked to: Malik Shah I
associatedWith Jalali calendar
Nizamiyya madrasas
birthDate 1055
capitalDuringReign Isfahan
causeOfDeath sudden illness
commissioned Jalali calendar
deathDate 1092-11-19
deathPlace Baghdad
dynasty Seljuk dynasty
linked to: Seljuk Empire
empire Great Seljuk Empire
linked to: Seljuk Empire
era pre-Crusades Middle East
father Alp Arslan
fullName Jalal al-Dawla Malik Shah
linked to: Malik Shah I
givenName Malik Shah
linked to: Malik Shah I
issue Ahmad Sanjar
linked to: Sultan Ahmad Sanjar

Barkiyaruq
Mahmud I of Great Seljuk
Muhammad I Tapar
knownFor administrative reforms
patronage of science
reform of the calendar
territorial expansion of the Seljuk Empire
militaryCampaigns campaigns in Anatolia against the Byzantines
campaigns in Syria
mother Aka Khatun
linked to: Khatun
notableAdvisor Nizam al-Mulk
patronOf Omar Khayyam
astronomers in Isfahan
posthumousEffect succession crisis in the Seljuk Empire
predecessor Alp Arslan
reignEnd 1092
reignStart 1072
religion Sunni Islam
spouse Terken Khatun
strengthened Seljuk administrative institutions
successor Mahmud I of Great Seljuk
supported construction of madrasas
territorialControl Iraq
Khorasan
Persia
parts of Anatolia
parts of Syria
title Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire

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Jalali calendar namedForTitleOf Sultan Malik Shah I
Nizam al-Mulk employer Sultan Malik Shah I