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Malik-Shah I

1055 - 1092

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Malik-Shah I (Persian: ملک شاه) was the third sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1072 to 1092, under whom the sultanate reached the zenith of its power and influence. During his youth, he spent his time participating in the campaigns of his father Alp Arslan, along with the latter's vizier Nizam al-Mulk. During one such campaign in 1072, Alp Arslan was fatally wounded and died only a few days later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malik-Shah I has received more than 933,129 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Malik-Shah I is the 412th most popular politician (down from 384th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Iran (down from 16th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iranian Politician.

Malik-Shah I was the Seljuk Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1072-1092. He was most famous for expanding the Seljuk Empire to include Anatolia and the Levant.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malik-Shah I ranks 412 out of 19,576. Before him are Miklós Horthy, Mahmud I, Clara Zetkin, Olof Palme, Edward IV of England, and Charles the Fat. After him are Ibn Saud, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Herod Antipas, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis VII of France, and Rurik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1055, Malik-Shah I ranks 1. After him are Eric I of Denmark, Bertha of Holland, Adhemar of Le Puy, Theophylact of Ohrid, Guibert of Nogent, and Henry, Margrave of Frisia. Among people deceased in 1092, Malik-Shah I ranks 1. After him are Nizam al-Mulk, Vratislaus II of Bohemia, Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia, Tzachas, and Philaretos Brachamios.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Malik-Shah I ranks 20 out of 631. Before him are Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Hafez (1325), Ulugh Beg (1394), and Cambyses II (-550). After him are Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Tughril (990), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Tahmasp I (1514), and Nader Shah (1688).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Malik-Shah I ranks 8. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ali Khamenei (1939), Darius III (-380), Harun al-Rashid (766), and Cambyses II (-550). After him are Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), Khosrow I (501), Reza Shah (1878), Hassan Rouhani (1948), and Darius II (-475).

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