State

Seljuk Empire

Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim empire (1037–1194)

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1037–1194
Founded
1037
Ended
1194
Capital
Nishapur, Ray, Isfahan, Hamadan, Merv
Government
monarchy
Languages
Persian, Arabic, Proto-Oghuz

Overview

The Seljuk Empire ( SEL-jook in BrE, sel-JOOK in AmE), or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval Turkic empire, culturally Turco-Persian empire established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. The empire spanned a total area of 3.9 million square kilometres (1.5 million square miles) from Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and it spanned the time period 1037–1308, though Seljuk rule beyond the Anatolian peninsula ended in 1194.

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.

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All rulers (14)

  1. Tughril I1037–1063
  2. Alp Arslan1063–1072
  3. Malik-Shah I1072–1092
  4. Barkiyaruq1092–1104
  5. Mahmud I of Great Seljuk1092–1094
  6. Malik-Shah II1105
  7. Muhammad I Tapar1105–1118
  8. Mahmud II of Great Seljuq1118–1131
  9. Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud1131–1132
  10. Daud I ibn Mahmud1131–1132
  11. Toghrul II1132–1134
  12. Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud1133–1152
  13. Malik-Shah III1152–1153
  14. Toghrul III1175–1176

Records (60)

  1. 1038 — Battle of NishapurBattle
  2. 1038 — Battle of SarakhsBattle
  3. 1046 — Battle of VaspurakanBattle
  4. 1046 — Battle of GanjaBattle
  5. 1046 — Siege of HulwanSiege
  6. 1047 — Siege of HamadanSiege
  7. 1048 — Battle of KapetronBattle
  8. 1054 — Siege of ManzikertSiege
  9. 1054 — Resistance of VanandBattle
  10. 1058–1077 — Overthrow of the QarmatiansRebellion
  11. 1059 — Battle of RayBattle
  12. 1063 — Battle of DamghanBattle
  13. 1064 — Siege of AniSiege
  14. 1064–1068 — Alp Arslan's invasions of GeorgiaInvasion
  15. 1064 — Alp Arslan's invasion of GeorgiaInvasion
  16. 1066–1071 — Afshin Bey's invasion of AnatoliaInvasion
  17. 1067 — Battle of CaesareaBattle
  18. 1070 — Battle of SebastiaBattle
  19. 1071 — Battle of ManzikertBattle
  20. 1073 — Battle of Kerj Abu DulafBattle
  21. 1073 — Battle of CaesareaBattle
  22. 1075 — Battle of Al RahlaynBattle
  23. 1077 — Battle of Muhallam and SulaysilBattle
  24. 1080 — Battle of QueliBattle
  25. 1085 — Siege of MayyafariqinSiege
  26. 1086 — Battle of Ain SalmBattle
  27. 1092 — Siege of AlamutSiege
  28. 1096 — Siege of MosulSiege
  29. 1097–1098 — Siege of AntiochSiege
  30. 1097–1127 — Crusader-Seljuk WarWar
  31. 1097 — Battle of AlbaraBattle · Crusaders, Taranto, Flanders ▸ Ummayad Caliphate
  32. 1098 — Battle of the Bridge GateBattle
  33. 1100 — Battle of the Dog RiverBattle
  34. 1102–1109 — Siege of TripoliSiege
  35. 1104 — Battle of ErtsukhiBattle
  36. 1104 — Siege of MosulSiege
  37. 1104 — Siege of EdessaSiege
  38. 1106–1107 — War of MosulWar
  39. 1108 — Battle of TurbesselBattle
  40. 1108 — Siege of MosulSiege
  41. 1110 — Siege of SamshvildeSiege
  42. 1110 — Seljuk campaign on EdessaCampaign
  43. 1110 — Battle of BeirutBattle · Kingdom of Jerusalem, Crusaders ▸ Muslims
  44. 1112 — Seljuk campaign on EdessaCampaign
  45. 1115 — Battle of SarminBattle
  46. 1117 — Battle of GhazniBattle
  47. 1118 — Battle of RakhsiBattle
  48. 1120 — Battle of BotoriBattle
  49. 1121 — Battle of DidgoriBattle
  50. 1121–1122 — Siege of TbilisiSiege
  51. 1123 — Capture of DmanisiBattle
  52. 1124 — Siege of AniSiege
  53. 1125 — Battle of AzazBattle
  54. 1136 — Siege of Baghdad (1136)Siege
  55. 1141 — Battle of QatwanBattle
  56. 1157 — Siege of Baghdad (1157)Siege
  57. 1187 — Battle of CressonBattle · Ayyubid Dynasty ▸ Knights Templar, Knights Hospitallier
  58. 1187 — Battle of HattinBattle · Ayyubid Dyansty ▸ Kingdom of Jerusalem, Crusaders
  59. 1187 — Battle of JerusalemBattle · Ayyubid Dynasty ▸ Kingdom of Jerusalem
  60. 1194 — Battle of RayBattle

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