Malik-Shah II ( fa, ملک شاه دوم; tr, II. Melikşah) or Mu'izz ad-Din Malik Shah II was Seljuq
Sultan
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in
Baghdad
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during 1105. He was the grandson of
Malik Shah I
Jalāl al-Dawla Mu'izz al-Dunyā Wa'l-Din Abu'l-Fatḥ ibn Alp Arslān (8 August 1055 – 19 November 1092, full name: fa, ), better known by his regnal name of Malik-Shah I ( fa, ), was the third sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire from 1072 to ...
, and was theoretically the head of the dynasty, although his relative
Ahmad Sanjar
Senjer ( fa, ; full name: ''Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah'') (''b''. 1085 – ''d''. 8 May 1157) was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until in 1118,Khorasan probably held more effective power.
He was deposed and killed by his uncle Muhammed Tapar.