Dawud (Seljuk sultan)

Dawud
مغیث الدنیا و الدین ابوالفتح داود بن محمود دوم
Sultan Dawood bin Mahmud II
Sultan of Seljuk Empire
Reign	11 September 1131[1] – 1132
Predecessor	Mahmud II
Successor	Tughril II
Co-sultan	Ahmad Sanjar (1131–1132)
Seljuk Crown Prince
Tenure	1142-1143
Monarch	Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud
Governor of South Azerbaijan
Tenure	1136-1143
Monarch	Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud
Born	1115 or 1117
Died	1142/43 (aged 28 or 26 ) Tabriz
Spouse	Gawhar Khatun[2]
Names Mughith al-Dunya wa'l-Din Abu'l-Fath Dawud bin Mahmud
House	Seljuk dynasty
Father	Mahmud II
Mother	Mah-i Mulk Khatun
Religion	Sunni Islam

Mughith al-Dunya wa'l-Din Abu'l-Fath Dawud bin Mahmud^[3] (Arabic: مغیث الدنيا والدين أبو الفتح داود بن محمود); died 1142/43) was a Seljuk Sultan who ruled Baghdad and for a short period of Iranian Azerbaijan (1131–1132) in confrontation with his uncles Masud and Tughrul II.

After his father's death in 1131, Dawud was installed as the new sultan. However, his uncles Masud and Tughrul II opposed this, and at the same time they conspired against Ahmad Sanjar, and in light of the rejection of Dawud's authority, the Caliph Al-Mustarshid accepted his authority. But eventually in 1132, Dawud was overthrown and replaced by his uncle Tughrul II.