Muhammad II | |||||
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![]() Muhammad II mourning for his wife (the daughter of Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtafi). Folio from a manuscript of Nigaristan, Iran, probably Shiraz, dated 1573–74. | |||||
Sultan of the Seljuq Empire | |||||
Reign | 1153–1159 | ||||
Predecessor | Malik-Shah III | ||||
Successor | Suleiman-Shah | ||||
Co-sultan | Ahmad Sanjar (1153–1157) | ||||
Born | April 1128[1] | ||||
Died | December 1159–January 1160[1] Hamadan | ||||
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House | House of Seljuq | ||||
Father | Mahmud II | ||||
Mother | Zahida Khatun (?)[2] | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Muhammad II ibn Mahmud (1128 – 1159) was Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159. He was son of Mahmud II and brother of Malik-Shah III. The Cambridge History of Iran notes that Sultan Muhammad "tried energetically to restore the slipping authority of his dynasty in Iraq".[3]