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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 ...
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]
Seljuk (Ottoman Turkish: سلجوق, Selcuk) or Saljuq (Arabic: سلجوق, Saljūq) may refer to: Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia; Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities; Seljuk (warlord) (died c. 1007), founder of the Seljuk dynasty
Unlike the Seljuk Empire, the Seljuk sultans of Rum had Persian names such as Kay Khosrow, Kay Kawad/Qobad, and Kay Kāvus. The bureaucrats and religious elite of their realm were generally Persian. [60] In the 13th century, most Muslim inhabitants in major Anatolian urban hubs reportedly spoke Persian as their main language. [61]
The Tārīkh-i Āl-i Saldjūq ("History of the Seljuk dynasty"), is an anonymous court account of the architectural endeavors of the Seljuk Sultans of Rum. [1] Written in Persian and from a perspective of a courtier, it covers the Sultanate of Rum from the end of the twelfth to the beginning of the fourteenth centuries.
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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The Kerman Seljuk Sultanate (Persian: سلجوقیان کرمان Saljūqiyān-i Kerman) was a Turco-Persian society Sunni Muslim state, established in the parts of Kerman and Makran which had been conquered from the Buyid dynasty by the Seljuk Empire which was established by the Seljuk dynasty, which was of Oghuz Turkic origin.