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Seljuk Succession Crisis

Type Event Region Middle East Time 1092–1105

After Malik-Shah I's death, his sons and princes repeatedly contested the sultanate in Iraq, Khorasan, and elsewhere, plunging the empire into prolon…

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  1. 1092–1094Baghdad · IraqAfter Malik-Shah's death his sons fought for the throne; Barkyaruq, Muhammad, and others successively declared themselves sultan near Baghdad, while the Abbasid caliph was forced to maneuver among them and issue investitures.
  2. 1094–1105Khorasan · IranThe princes repeatedly fought in Iraq, Khorasan, and the Syrian frontier; Sanjar consolidated his base in Khorasan, and the empire effectively split into multiple sultanates, with centralization existing in name only.

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