Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Sanjar
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman
Discover
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?

Sanjar: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Sanjar
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Muʿizz al-Dīn Sanjar
Born 1084 or 1086
Died May 8, 1157
House / Dynasty Seljuq

Photos

Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman
See All Images →
Toghrïl Beg
Muslim ruler
Alp-Arslan
Seljuq sultan
Malik-Shāh
Seljuq sultan
Opechancanough
American Indian chief
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
president of United States
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
president of United States
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Frederick II
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
queen of England
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
president of United States
Cameron, David
David Cameron
prime minister of United Kingdom