Fakhr al-Mulk (Seljuk vizier)

Fakhr al-Mulk
Seljuk Vizier
In office 1095 – 1099
Monarch	Berkyaruq
In office 1101 – 1106
Monarch	Ahmad Sanjar
Personal details
Died	1110s
Parent	Nizam al-Mulk
Relatives	Brothers: Shams al-Mulk Uthman Abulfath Fakhr al-Malik Mu'ayyid al-Mulk Jamal al-Mulk Diya al-Mulk Izz al-Mulk Imad al-Mulk Abu'l-Kasim Safiyya (sister)

Fakhr al-Mulk was a Persian bureaucrat, who served as the vizier of the Seljuk sultan Berkyaruq (r. 1092–1105) from 1095 to 1099, and later vizier of the Sejluk prince and ruler of Khurasan, Ahmad Sanjar, from 1101 to 1106. He was the eldest son of the prominent Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk.[1][2]

References

1. Tetley 2008, p. 160.
2. Bosworth 1999, pp. 164–165.

Sources

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