Ruler · 1133 – 1176

Arslan-Shah

Lived 1133 – 1176. Sultan of the Seljuq Empire of Seljuk Empire, 1161 – 1177.

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Lived: 1133 – 1176; 43 years
In office: 16 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Seljuk Empire
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Sultan of the Seljuq Empire

Seljuk Empire · the 16th of 17 dated reigns · 1037 – 1177

12 before

Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud1133 – 1152

Malik-Shah III1152 – 1153

Muhammad II of Great Seljuq1153 – 1159

Arslan-Shah1161 – 1177

Tughril III1175 – 1176

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1161 – 1177 · 16 years · came to it aged 28

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1177, after the death recorded in 1176

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