Malik-Shah III (died 1160) ruled as Sultan of
Great Seljuq from 1152–53. He was the son of
Mahmud II of Great Seljuq. In 1153, he was deposed and was succeeded by his brother,
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...
. Following his death in 1160, his son Mahmud was held in
Istakhr
Istakhr (Middle Persian romanized: ''Stakhr'', fa, اصطخر, translit=Istakhr also spelt استخر in modern literature) was an ancient city in Fars province, north of Persepolis in southwestern Iran. It flourished as the capital of the Per ...
by the
Salghurids as a rival claimant to the Seljuq throne.
[''The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World'', C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 169.]
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1160 deaths
Year of birth unknown