At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Summary
In 448 AH the caliph al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah married the sister of Tughril Beg. The caliph's position was strengthened and the caliphate grew in standing through Tughril Beg's sultanate 1.
What the marriage meant
This marriage was a bond between the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad and the rising Seljuq sultanate. It came after years in which the caliphs had been weak before the Buyid amirs. Later the reverse happened: Tughril Beg married the caliph's daughter in 454 AH 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir· طغرل بك
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
People and things also explored
The battle of al-Basasiri and the sermon for the Ubaydi al-Mustansir in Baghdad· The return of al-Qa'im from Haditha to Baghdad· Tughril Beg's Entry into Baghdad· Investiture of Tughril as King of the East and West by Caliph al-Qa'im· The death of al-Qadir and the accession of al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah, 422· The diwan manifesto impugning the Ubaydid genealogy· Marriage of the caliph's daughter to Tughrul Beg· Death of Abu Kalijar and investiture of al-Malik al-Rahim
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 278
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 278; tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 645
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The marriage of al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah to Tughril Beg's sister”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/qaim-tughril-sister-marriage-448/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.