Bir İhtirasın Hikâyesi

Vizierate, which became the most important government office after the caliph or sultan since the Abbasids in Islamic history, was first created by Sultan Tughril Beg in the Great Seljuk Empire. The first person to be appointed as a vizier during the reign of in this time was Amid al-Mulk Kunduri. Serving for a long period of time as the grand vizier of the Great Seljuk Empire, Nizam al-Mulk organised the state entirely so to speak. Taj al-Mulk, who got hold of the primary government offices shortly after being recommended to Sultan Malik Shah and became an administrator responsible for the Sultan’s treasury, court affairs, education of princes and administrative affairs, was appointed as the vizier after Nizam al-Mulk was assassinated by a Batini assassin.Also playing a significant role in the struggles for the throne among the Seljuk maliks, Taj al-Mulk cooperated with Terken Khatun and the caliph to support Mahmud against Barkiyaruq, whom Nizam al-Mulk supported in his lifetime, and played a major role in ensuring that khutbahs are held in Mahmud’s favour and that he is declared the sultan. When Mahmud lost the struggle against Barkiyaruq, Taj al-Mulk was captured and brought to Barkiyaruq. Despite Taj al-Mulk’s adverse activities against him, the new sultan wanted to make vizier in order to benefit from his experience. However, at the age of forty-seven in 486/1093, he was killed by being torn to pieces by the supporters of Nizam al-Mulk, who did not accept his vizierate. Taj al-Mulk founded two architectural works: the Tajiyya Madrasa in Baghdad and Gunbad-e Khaki in Isfahan. Historical sources recorded Taj al-Mulk as a generous, virtuous and good man, but an extremely ambitious politician. The present study addressed the famous statesman Taj al-Mulk within the context of the political history of the Seljuk Empire in light of the sources from that period

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