caption father reign predecessor succession successor house birth_place death_date death_place religion birth_date spouse issue image article_title name type
ahmad sanjar 's tomb malik-shah i 1118-1157 1097-1118 muhammad i arslan-argun sultan of the seljuq empire ruler of khorasan none kara-khitan conquest house of seljuq sinjar 8 may 1157 marv sunni islam 1085 turkan khatun rusudan princess khatun mah-i mulk princess amir siti khatun princess gouhar sultan sanjar mausoleum.jpg ahmad sanjar
 ahmad sanjar monarch
ahmad sanjar

ahmad sanjar -lrb- , persian : احمد سنجر ; full name : `` muizz ad-dunya wa ad-din adud ad-dawlah abul-harith ahmad sanjar ibn malik-shah '' -rrb- -lrb- `` b '' .
1085 -- `` d '' .
8 may 1157 -rrb- was the seljuq ruler of khorasan from 1097 until in 1118 when he became the sultan of the seljuq empire , which he ruled as until his death in 1153 .
bosworth notes `` sanjar '' is a turkic name , denoting `` he who pierces '' , `` thrusts '' .
