Fragmentation of the Great Seljuk Empire

Name: Fragmentation of the Great Seljuk Empire
Start: 1092

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1092

After the deaths of Seljuk Sultan Malik-Shah and vizier Nizam al-Mulk in 1092, the empire fell into succession wars and regional fragmentation, split…

Timeline

1092Isfahan · PersiaSultan Malik-Shah died in Isfahan shortly after Nizam al-Mulk's assassination, depriving the empire of the sultan and vizier who had unified it; the power vacuum quickly widened.
1092–1099Middle East · Middle EastPrinces such as Barkiyaruq and Muhammad each proclaimed themselves ruler in Persia and Iraq, generals held independent military power, and the empire's territory shattered into multiple Seljuk polities warring against one another.

Sources

Bosworth, C.E. The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (AD 1000-1217) — C.E. Bosworth (1968)