Ruler · 1128 – 1160

Malik-Shah III

Lived 1128 – 1160. Sultan of the Seljuq Empire of Seljuk Empire, 1152 – 1153.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1128 – 1160; 32 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Seljuk Empire
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Sultan of the Seljuq Empire

Seljuk Empire · the 13th of 15 dated reigns · 1037 – 1193

9 before

Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud1131 – 1132

Tughril II1132 – 1134

Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud1133 – 1152

Malik-Shah III1152 – 1153

Tughril III1175 – 1176

Saladin1185 – 1193

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1152 – 1153 · 1 year · came to it aged 24

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: deposed

He was poisoned.

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