Muhammad I Tapar

Abu Shuja Ghiyath al-Dunya wa'l-Din Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah (Persian: ابو شجاع غیث الدنیا و الدین محمد بن ملک شاه, romanized: Abū Shujāʿ Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa ’l-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Malik-Šāh; 20 January 1082 – 18 April 1118), better known as Muhammad I Tapar (محمد اول تاپار), was the sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1105 to 1118. He was a son of Malik-Shah I (r.1072–1092) and Taj al-Din Khatun Safariya. In Turkish, Tapar means "he who obtains, finds".

Muhammad I Tapar
محمد اول تاپار
Sultan
Shahanshah
Investiture scene of Muhammad I Tapar, from the 14th-century book Jami' al-tawarikh
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire
Reign13 February 1105 – 18 April 1118
PredecessorMalik-Shah II
SuccessorMahmud II (in Iraq and western Iran)
Ahmad Sanjar (in Khurasan and Transoxiana)
Born20 January 1082
Died18 April 1118(1118-04-18) (aged 36)
Baghdad
Spouse
  • Gawhar Khatun
  • Qutlugh Khatun
  • Shah Khatun Safiya
  • Nistandar Jahan
Issue
HouseHouse of Seljuk
FatherMalik-Shah I
MotherTaj al-Din Khatun Safariya
ReligionSunni Islam
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