Rukn al-Dunya wa'l-Din Abu Talib Tughril bin Muhammad ( 1109 – 24 October 1134) known as Tughril II was the Sejluk

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briefly in 1132. He maintained power through the support of his uncle, the principal Seljuk sultan

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to suppress a rebellion in 1132, Tughril II lost Iraq to his rival and brother

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. Tughril II briefly took refuge in the domain of the Bavandid '' ispahbad'' (ruler) Ali I () in

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, where he stayed during the whole winter of 1132–1133. He subsequently captured the capital

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, but was stricken with sickness and died on his arrival to the capital, in October/November 1134. Tughril II was survived by his son Arslan, who was raised by the ''

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, who installed him on the throne in 1161.

Family

His only wife was Mumina Khatun. She was the mother of his son, Arslan-Shah. After Tughril's death, Sultan

married her to Sham al-Din Eldiguz. He took her to Barda. With him, she had two sons, Atabeg

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and Atabeg

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. She died in 1175–76, and was buried in her own mausoleum in Nakhchivan,

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