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The Seljuk Empire was founded in 1037 by Tughril (990–1063) and his brother Chaghri (989–1060), both of whom co-ruled over its territories; there are indications that the Seljuk leadership otherwise functioned as a triumvirate and thus included Musa Yabghu, the uncle of the aforementioned two.
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 [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 Central Asia.
The 1139 Ganja earthquake was one of the worst seismic events in history. It affected the Seljuk Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia, in modern-day Azerbaijan and Georgia.The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.7 M LH, 7.5 M s and 7.0–7.3 M w.
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 ...
Tughril was born in c. 993, [8] most likely in the Central Asian steppes, where nomadic Oghuz Turks were roaming to find pasture for livestock. After the death of his father Mikail, Tughril and his brother Chaghri were reportedly raised by their grandfather Seljuk (the eponymous founder of the Seljuks) in Jand.
In 1054, Sultan Tughril I of the Seljuk Empire besieged Manzikert. [13] The defenders led by Basil Apokapes successfully defeated the Seljuk Turks. [13] Ever since early in the 11th century, the Seljuk Turks from central Asia had been expanding westward, [14] defeating various Arab factions and occupying the Abbasid caliphate's power base in ...
The Artuqid dynasty (alternatively Artukid, Ortoqid, or Ortokid; Turkish: Artuklu Beyliği, Artuklular, pl. Artukoğulları; Turkmen: Artykly begligi, Artykogullary; Azerbaijani: Artuklu bəyliyi, Artıqlılar) was established in 1102 as an Anatolian Beylik (Principality) of the Seljuk Empire.
The Saljūq-Nāma (Persian: سلجوقنامه, "Book of Seljuk [Empire]") is a history of the Great Seljuk Empire written by the Persian historian Zahir al-Din Nishapuri around 1175. [1]