Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military-commander
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Shams al-Din Ildigiz, a man from the lands of the Qipchaq, who had been a mamluk of Sultan Mas'ud the Seljuk in Iraq 1.
The atabegate
He founded the atabegate of Azerbaijan in the year 531 AH. His state lasted about a century in the mountains, Azerbaijan and Iraq Ajam, until the Khwarazm Shah removed it in the year 622 AH 2.
Connections
- Founder of
- Eldiguzid atabegs of Azerbaijan
- Participated in
- al-Bahlawān takes Tabrīz· Īldigiz takes al-Rayy
People and things also explored
Rayy· Tabriz· al-Bahlawān takes Tabrīz· Īldigiz takes al-Rayy· Eldiguzid atabegs of Azerbaijan
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan , p.88-89
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shams al-Din Eldiguz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shams-al-din-ildigiz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.