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Abu'l-Muzaffar Berkyaruq ibn Malikshah (Persian: ابو المظفر رکن الدین برکیارق بن ملکشاه, romanized: Rukn al-Dīn Abuʿl-Moẓaffar Berkyāruq ibn Malik-Šāh;...

sultan Berkyaruq. Zubayda was born to Emir Yaquti, son of Chaghri Beg. She married and influenced her cousin Malik-Shah I, giving birth to Berkyaruq in 1081...

of Malik Shah, Berkyaruq, was proclaimed too, and the armies of the two pretenders met in Borujerd, near Hamadan. The forces of Berkyaruq won and took the...

rulers in Damascus and Aleppo. In addition, in Baghdad, Seljuk sultan Berkyaruq and Abbasid caliph al-Mustazhir were engaged in a power struggle. This...

imprisoned Berkyaruq on Terken Khatun's orders, but the Nizamiyya mamluks, who hated Terken Khatun because of her enmity to their late master, set Berkyaruq free...

with an army to secure Isfahan and to arrest Berkyaruq. However, Mahmud's supporters were defeated by Berkyaruq' forces at Isfahan in January 1093. A month...

succeed his father, while Nizam and most of the Seljuk army was in favor of Berkyaruq, the oldest of all Malik-Shah's living sons and born to a Seljuk princess...

February 1105 Coronation 12 January 1105 Predecessor Berkyaruq Successor Muhammad I Tapar Born unknown Died unknown Father Berkyaruq Religion Islam (Sunni)...

surrounding areas was canceled upon the death of the sultan. The new sultan Berkyaruq, son of Malik Shah I, did not continue the direct attack on Alamut, concentrating...

الملک) was a Seljuk courtier during the reigns of Malik-Shah I and his son Berkyaruq. Of Persian descent, he was unofficially the vizier of Seljuk Empire for...

wars of succession against his three brothers and a nephew: Mahmud I, Berkyaruq, Malik Shah II and Muhammad I Tapar. In 1096, he was tasked to govern...

Zubayda Khatun (b. 1056 d. 1099) – daughter of Yaquti son of Chaghri Beg Berkyaruq Gawhar Khatun (m. Mas'ud III of Ghazni) Concubines: Taj al-Din Khatun...

Ekinchi was given the position of Khwarazmshah by the Seljuk sultan Berkyaruq. After a short period of time, however, he was killed by several Seljuk...

and in Syria by his brother Tutush I who started a civil war against Berkyaruq to become sultan himself. When Tutush was killed in 1095, his sons Ridwan...

1104, Berkyaruq, ill and tired of war, agreed to divide the sultanate with Muhammad. Muhammad became sole sultan following the death of Berkyaruq in 1105...

towns as well as Berkyaruq's court and army, thereby directly meddling in Seljuk affairs. Despite assassination attempts against Berkyaruq himself, the opposing...

reached Hamadan, where Berkyaruq had withdrawn to Isfahan. However, Tutush was shortly defeated in a battle against Berkyaruq's forces near Ray, where...

claimed the Seljuk crown, but he was killed by the forces of his nephew Berkyaruq near Ray, Iran. Following this, Ridwan moved to Aleppo and proclaimed...

al-Mustazhir al-Mustarshid al-Rashid al-Muqtafi Seljuk sultans Tughril Alp Arslan Malik-Shah I Mahmud I Berkyaruq Malik-Shah II Muhammad I Ahmad Sanjar...

was a Persian bureaucrat, who served as the vizier of the Seljuk sultan Berkyaruq (r. 1092–1105) from 1094 to 1095, and later vizier of the Seljuk prince...