Muhammad II ibn Mahmud

Rukn al-Din Muhammad II
Muhammad II mourning for his wife (the daughter of Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtafi). Folio from a manuscript of Nigaristan, Iran, probably Shiraz, dated 1573–74.
Sultan of the Seljuq Empire
Reign1153–1159
PredecessorMalik-Shah III
SuccessorSuleiman-Shah
Co-sultanAhmad Sanjar
(1153–1157)
BornApril 1128
DiedDecember 1159 – January 1160
Hamadan
Spouse
  • Gawhar Khatun
  • Mahd Rafi Khatun
  • Kerman Khatun
Names
Muhammad II ibn Mahmud
HouseHouse of Seljuq
FatherMahmud II
MotherZahida Khatun (?)
ReligionSunni Islam

Rukn al-Din Muhammad II ibn Mahmud (1128–1159) was Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159. He was son of Mahmud II and brother of Malik-Shah III. The Cambridge History of Iran notes that Sultan Muhammad "tried energetically to restore the slipping authority of his dynasty in Iraq".