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Map 28 "The Seljuk Empire, about 1,090" ISBN: 978-0-429-70965-4. Large map of the Seljuk Empire, inlcuding the Red Sea coast (in English) (30 January 2015) Atlas of Islamic History, Routledge, p. 29 ISBN: 978-1-317-58897-9. Vast areas of Seljuk control, with detailed status of each zones (1092 map), hybrid status on the Red Sea coast.
English: A map showing the Great Seljuk Empire at its height, upon the death of Malik Shah I in 1092. The capital of the Great Seljuk Empire is shown at Isfahan (Persia/Iran). The borders of present-day countries are shown in gray. The lighter colour in the top right represents Karakhanids.
Seljuk power was indeed at its zenith under Malikshāh I, and both the Qarakhanids and Ghaznavids had to acknowledge the overlordship of the Seljuks. [65] Seljuk dominion was established over the ancient Sasanian domains, in Iran and Iraq, and included Anatolia, Syria, as well as parts of Central Asia and modern Afghanistan. [65]
Kerman Seljuk Sultanate (1041–1187) Hormuz Kingdom (1060–1622) Khwarezmian Empire under Khwarezm-Shâh dynasty (1077–1231) Nizari Ismaili state (1090–1256) Ahmadilis (1122–1220) Eldiguzids (1135–1225) Atabegs of Yazd (1141–1319) Salghurids (1148–1282, Shiraz) Hazaraspids (1155–1424) Khorshidi dynasty (1155–1597, Lorestan)
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids [1] [2] (/ ˈ s ɛ l dʒ ʊ k / SEL-juuk; Persian: سلجوقیان Saljuqian, [3] alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), Seljuqs, also known as Seljuk Turks, [4] Seljuk Turkomans of İran [5] or the Saljuqids, [6] was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture [7] [8] in West Asia and ...
Spring – Tzachas, a Seljuk Turkish military commander, establishes an independent maritime state centred in the Ionian coastal city of Smyrna (modern-day İzmir). He proclaims himself emperor ( basileus ), and concludes an alliance with the Pechenegs in Thrace .
In 1050 Isfahan was established as capital of the Great Seljuk Empire under Alp Arslan. [1] In 1071, following the Seljuk victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert, Anatolia was opened up to Turkic settlers. [2] [3] The center of Seljuk architectural patronage was Iran, where the first permanent Seljuk edifices were ...
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