Great Seljuq Empire

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The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. The empire spanned a total area of 3.9 million square kilometres 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.

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1037 — 1190 Great Seljuq Empire
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Seljuk rider - portrait (c. 1890)Seljuk rider - portrait (c. 1890)
portrait of Tughrel 3 Seljuqportrait of Tughrel 3 Seljuq
Asyada Turk ve Tatar HkumatiAsyada Turk ve Tatar Hkumati
Ahmad SanjarAhmad Sanjar
Iran. Qom Province, Deir-e Gachin Caravansarai, Kavir National Park, (Dayr-e Gachin) 05Iran. Qom Province, Deir-e Gachin Caravansarai, Kavir National Park, (Dayr-e Gachin) 05
Iran. Qom Province, Deir-e Gachin Caravansarai, Kavir National Park, (Dayr-e Gachin) 03Iran. Qom Province, Deir-e Gachin Caravansarai, Kavir National Park, (Dayr-e Gachin) 03
Mevlana Museum, Konya 17Mevlana Museum, Konya 17
Saljuq flagSaljuq flag
Naturschutzgebiet Frauenteich Moritzburg 03Naturschutzgebiet Frauenteich Moritzburg 03
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TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
eventarmed conflict1038Battle of Nishapurbattle, Seljuk Empire, GhaznavidsWikidata
eventarmed conflict1038Battle of Sarakhsbattle, Ghaznavid Empire, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1046Battle of GanjaByzantine Empire, battle, Duchy of Kldekari, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1046Battle of VaspurakanByzantine Empire, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1046Siege of Hulwansiege, Annazids, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1047Siege of Hamadansiege, Buyid dynasty, Annazids, Kakuyids, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1048Battle of KapetronByzantine Empire, battle, Kingdom of Georgia, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1054Resistance of Vanandbattle, Seljuk Empire, Kingdom of KarsWikidata
eventarmed conflict1054Siege of ManzikertByzantine Empire, Seljuk Empire, siegeWikidata
eventarmed conflict1058Overthrow of the Qarmatiansrebellion, Seljuk Empire, Uyunid Emirate, Abd al-Qays, Qarmatian state of BahraynWikidata
eventarmed conflict1063Battle of Damghanbattle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1064Siege of AniByzantine Empire, siege, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1067Battle of CaesareaByzantine Empire, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1070Battle of SebastiaByzantine Empire, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1073Battle of Kerj Abu Dulafbattle, Kerman Seljuk Sultanate, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1075Battle of Al Rahlaynbattle, Uyunid Emirate, Qarmatian state of Bahrayn, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1077Battle of Muhallam and Sulaysilbattle, Qays, Azd, Seljuk Empire, Banu Awf, Uyunid Emirate, Qarmatian state of BahraynWikidata
eventarmed conflict1080Battle of QueliKingdom of Georgia, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1085Siege of Mayyafariqinsiege, Marwanids, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1086Battle of Ain SalmSeljuk Empire, Sultanate of Rum, battleWikidata
eventarmed conflict1092Siege of Alamutsiege, Nizari Ismaili state, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1096Siege of Mosulsiege, Seljuk Empire, Uqaylid dynastyWikidata
eventarmed conflict1097Siege of AntiochByzantine Empire, siege, Seljuk Empire, CrusaderWikidata
eventarmed conflict1098Battle of the Bridge Gatebattle, Crusading movement, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1100Battle of the Dog RiverKingdom of Jerusalem, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1102Siege of TripoliKingdom of Jerusalem, Fatimid Caliphate, Republic of Genoa, County of Toulouse, siege, County of Edessa, Principality of Antioch, County of Cerdanya, Banu Ammar, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1104Battle of ErtsukhiKingdom of Georgia, Seljuk Empire, battleWikidata
eventarmed conflict1104Siege of Edessasiege, Principality of Antioch, County of Edessa, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1110Siege of SamshvildeKingdom of Georgia, siege, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1115Battle of SarminCounty of Edessa, Principality of Antioch, Seljuk Empire, battleWikidata
eventarmed conflict1117Battle of Ghaznibattle, Ghaznavid Empire, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1118Battle of RakhsiKingdom of Georgia, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1120Battle of BotoriKingdom of Georgia, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1121Siege of Tbilisi (1122)Kingdom of Georgia, Emirate of Tbilisi, Seljuk Empire, siegeWikidata
eventarmed conflict1121Battle of DidgoriKingdom of Georgia, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1124Siege of AniKingdom of Georgia, siege, Seljuk Empire, Seljuks, Shaddadids, Bagratid ArmeniaWikidata
eventarmed conflict1125Battle of AzazKingdom of Jerusalem, battle, County of Tripoli, County of Edessa, Principality of Antioch, Seljuk Empire, Artuqids, Armenian Principality of Cilicia, Burid dynastyWikidata
eventarmed conflict1136Siege of Baghdad (1136)Abbasid Caliphate, siege, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1141Battle of Qatwanbattle, Kara-Khanid Khanate, Qara Khitai, Kakuyids, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventarmed conflict1157Siege of Baghdad (1157)Abbasid Caliphate, Zengid dynasty, Seljuk Empire, siegeWikidata
eventwarCrusader-Seljuk Warwar, Crusader states, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventwarSeljuk–Ghaznavid Warswar, Ghaznavid Empire, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventwar1059Battle of Raycivil war, battle, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventwar1096First CrusadeAdhemar of Le Puy, Vermandois, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Alexios I Komnenos, Duchy of Brittany, Godfrey of Bouillon, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, County of Flanders, Republic of Genoa, Fatimid Caliphate, Bohemond I of Antioch, Robert Curthose, Hugh I, Count of Vermandois, Robert II, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Stephen, Duqaq, Tatikios, Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, Kerbogha, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Kilij Arslan I, Duchy of Normandy, Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Lower Lotharingia, Danishmend Gazi, Counts of Blois, Danishmendid dynasty, Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay, Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan, Guglielmo Embriaco, Principality of Taranto, Yaghi-Siyan, religious war, County of Toulouse, County of Boulogne, County of Sicily, Manuel Boutoumites, Abbasids, Constantine I, Prince of Armenia, Iftikhar ad-Daula, Seljuk EmpireWikidata
eventwar1107Nizari–Seljuk WarsAbbasid Caliphate, massacre, Seljuk Empire, assassination, Nizari Ismaili state, series of warsWikidata
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commonsimageIran. Qom Province, Deir-e Gachin Caravansarai, Kavir National Park, (Dayr-e Gachin) 03 Commons
commonsimageMevlana Museum, Konya 17 Commons
commonsimageSaljuq flag Commons
commonsimageNaturschutzgebiet Frauenteich Moritzburg 03 Commons
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