seljuq dynasty

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İngilizce - Türkçe
Selçuklu hanedanı
İngilizce - İngilizce
or Saljq dynasty ( 11th-13th centuries) Muslim Turkmen dynasty that ruled Persia, Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia. Seljq was the chief of a nomadic Turkish tribe. His grandsons Chaghri Beg and Toghrïl Beg conquered realms in Iran. Under Alp-Arslan and Malik-Shah, the empire came to include all of Iran, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine; Alp-Arslan's victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert led to several Crusades. Adherents of Sunnite Islam, the Seljqs adopted Persian culture, and under them the Persian language partly displaced Arabic as a literary language in Iran. By 1200 Seljq power remained only in their sultanate of Rm in Anatolia, which collapsed in a war against the Khwrezm-Shah dynasty in 1230 and was overrun by Mongols in 1243. See also Nizm al-Mulk
seljuq dynasty