Ahmad Sanjar

Ahmad Sanjar
Ahmad Sanjar
	Ahmad Senjer seated on his throne, in a 1307 Ilkhanid miniature.
Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire
Reign	18 April 1118 – 8 May 1157
Predecessor	Muhammad I
Co-sultan	Mahmud II; (1118–1131); Dawud; (1131–1132); Tughril II; (1132–1134); Mas'ud; (1134–1152); Malik-Shah III; (1152–1153); Muhammad II; (1153–1157)
Malik of Khorasan
Reign	1097–1118
Predecessor	Muhammad I Tapar
Successor	Khwarezmian Empire conquest
Born	6 November 1086; Sinjar
Died	8 May 1157 (aged 70); Merv
Consort	Turkan Khatun; Rasudan Abkhaziyya Khatun;
Issue	Mah-i Mulk Khatun; Amir Sitti Khatun; Amira Khatun; Gawhar Khatun;
Dynasty	Seljuq
Father	Malik-Shah I
Mother	Taj Safariyya Khatun
Religion	Sunni Islam

Ahmad Sanjar (Turkish: Ahmed Sencer, Persian: احمد سنجر; full name: Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah) (6 November 1086 – 8 May 1157) was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until 1118, when he became the Sultan of the Seljuq Empire, which he ruled until his death in 1157.