Shams al-Din Ildeniz, Eldigüz or Shamseddin Eldeniz (Persian: اتابک شمس‌الدین ایلدگز, died c. 1175–1176) was an atabeg of the Seljuq empire and founder...

Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire, and a Sunni Muslim Turkic dynasty (started by Eldiguz of Kipchak origin), which controlled most of northwestern Persia, eastern...

of Azerbaijan, “Shams al-Din Eldiguz,” after the death of Arslan's father. Shah, his mother, Momina Hatun, married Eldiguz, and his uncle, Sultan Masoud...

Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud (c. 1134–1152) had appointed Shams ad-Din Eldiguz (c. 1135/36–1175) as atabeg of his nephew Arslan-Shah,[failed verification]...

Tughril II was survived by his son Arslan, who was raised by the atabeg Eldiguz, who installed him on the throne in 1161. His only wife was Mumina Khatun...

the son and successor of Eldiguz, and was later succeeded by his brother Qizil Arslan. After the death of Shams al-Din Eldiguz, in 1175, the Seljuq Sultan...

Azerbaijan, Shams al-Din Eldigüz, to replace him with Arslan. Arslan was accordingly installed in Hamadan in 1161. Eldigüz was able to gain Ïnanch's...

Georgian army, whose number reached 30,000, took Dvin. In response to this, Eldiguz Soon he proceeded northward to recover the city of Dvin. A coalition of...

the war between George III and atabeg Eldiguz. But the belligerents were exhausted to such an extent that Eldiguz proposed an armistice. George had no...

Georgian army, whose number reached 30,000, took Dvin. In response to this, Eldiguz Soon he proceeded northward to recover the city of Dvin. A coalition of...

the war between George III and atabeg Eldiguz. But the belligerents were exhausted to such an extent that Eldiguz proposed an armistice. George had no...

succeeded by his nephew Nusrat al-Din Abu Bakr. Qizil Arslan was the son of Eldiguz, a former Kipchak military slave of the Seljuk Empire, who rose to prominence...

province of Arran (amongst others) to Kipchak slave Shamseddin Eldeniz (Eldiguz) as iqta in 1137. Eldegiz chose Barda as his residence, and attracted the...

as its ruler in 1161. A coalition of Muslim rulers led by Shams al-Din Eldiguz, ruler of Adarbadagan and some other regions, embarked upon a campaign...

Arslan Nizam al-Mulk Abu'l-Aswar Fadl ibn Mahmud Shahanshah ibn Mahmud Eldiguz Sultan ibn Mahmud Sökmen II Saltuk II Chagatai Toghta Constantine X Doukas...

for Arslan-Shah, son of Sultan Tughril II, whose mother was married by Eldiguz. Suleiman-Shah succeeded Sultan Muhammad after his death in January 1159...

century, Azerbaijan became a Turkic cultural centre. Palaces of the atabeg Eldiguz and the Shirvanshahs hosted distinguished guests, many of whom were Muslim...

and dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Toghril II, the Atabek Muhammad ibn Eldiguz Jahan Pahlavan and his brother Qizil Arslan. It contains about 6,500 distichs...

Georgians. In 1163 a second coalition was led by atabeg Shams al-Din Ildeniz, Eldigüz who defeated the Georgian king, George III was forced to hand over Ani...

Eldiguzid dynasty (also known as the Atabegs of Azerbaijan) is founded by Eldiguz. 1157 Death of the Seljuk sultan Ahmad Sanjar. 1182/3 Death of Rashid al-Din...

territory of Antioch but withdraws his forces to retake Edessa in November. Eldiguz, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Azerbaijan, founds the Eldiguzid Dynasty and...

territory of Antioch but withdraws his forces to retake Edessa in November. Eldiguz, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Azerbaijan, founds the Eldiguzid Dynasty and...

1157 the Fortress of Meghri. Between 1166 and 1169, Shams al-Din Ildeniz, Eldigüz, the Seljuk atabek at the time, annexed the fortresses of Grgham, Geghi...

under Georgian control since 1161. This was a result of the victory of Eldiguz, a resurgent atabeg of Azerbaijan, who conquered Ani from the Georgians...