Sultan Barqia Roq - Seljuk Empire - Nizam e Alam

About Sultan Barqia Roq - Seljuk Empire - Nizam e Alam

Nizam e Alem (Awakening The Great Seljuk or The rise of Saljukas and Saljukon ka urooj. It is a new historical series by “Akli Film Company” on TRT 1 channel. This historical series Nizame Alam will be starring Buğra Gülsoy, Ekin Koç, Gürkan Uygun, Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu and Sevda Erginc. Buğra Gülsoy is portraying the leading role of Seljuk Sultan Melikshah. It is considered, it would give a tough time to Ertugrul Ghazi and Kurulus Osman
Nizame Alem (Awakening The Great Seljuk or The rise of Saljukas and Saljukon ka urooj

Malik-Shah was crowned as the new sultan of the empire, however, Malik-Shah did not access the throne peacefully, and had to fight his uncle Qavurt, who claimed the throne. Although Malik-Shah was the nominal head of the Seljuk state, Nizam al-Mulk held near absolute power during his reign.Malik-Shah spent the rest of his reign waging war against the Karakhanids on the eastern side, and establishing order in the Caucasus.

Malik-Shah's death to this day remains under dispute; according to some scholars, he was poisoned by Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadi, while others say that he was poisoned by the supporters of Nizam al-Mulk.

The Seljuk empire was founded by Tughril Beg (990–1063) and his brother Chaghri Beg (989–1060) in 1037. From their homelands near the Aral Sea, the Seljuks advanced first into Khorasan and then into mainland Persia, before eventually capturing Baghdad and conquering eastern Anatolia. Here the Seljuks won the battle of Manzikert in 1071 and conquered most of Anatolia from the Byzantine Empire, which became one of the reasons for the First Crusade (1095–1099).

Rukn al-Din Abu'l-Muzaffar Berkyaruq ibn Malikshah, better known as Berkyaruq, was the sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1094 to 1105

The son and successor of Malik-Shah I (r. 1072–1092), he reigned during the opening stages of the decline and fragmentation of the empire, which would ultimately pave the way for Turkoman atabegates and principalities stretching from Kirman to Anatolia and Syria. His reign was marked by internal strife, mainly against other Seljuk princes. By his death in 1105, his authority had largely vanished. His infant son Malik-Shah II briefly succeeded him, until he was executed by Berkyaruq's half-brother and rival Muhammad I Tapar (r. 1105–1118).


Born in 1079 or 1080,Berkyaruq was the oldest son of Malik-Shah I (r. 1072–1092) and the latters cousin, the Seljuk princess Zubayda Khatun. Berkyaruq was only thirteen at the time of his father's death in November 1092, meaning that there were no princes of age to inherit such as a vast empire. His half-brother Muhammad was eleven, while another half-brother named Mahmud was four. A brother of Malik-Shah named Tutush I, who ruled Syria on his brothers behalf, claimed the throne as the only adult, but gained little support from the Turkic elite. Malik-Shah's death thus marks the start of the decline and fragmentation of the empire, with amirs and palace elites trying each to gain power by supporting one of his young sons as sultan.This would ultimately pave the way for Turkoman atabegates and principalities stretching from Kirman to Anatolia and Syria.

One of Malik-Shah's wives, Terken Khatun, in cooperation with the Seljuk vizier Taj al-Mulk, installed her four year old son Mahmud on the throne at Baghdad. She convinced the caliph to have the khutba read in Mahmud's name, and sent an army under the amir Qiwam al-Dawla Kirbuqa to take Isfahan and capture Berkyaruq. Meanwhile, the family and supporters of the deceased Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk (known as the "Nizamiyya"), led by Er-Ghush, supported Berkyaruq. They had Berkyaruq smuggled out of Isfahan and sent to his atabeg Gumushtigin in Saveh and Aveh, who had him crowned at Ray