Seljuk
Pre-Ottoman Turkish dynasty
Seljuk refers to a dynasty of Turkic rulers who dominated much of the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries, or to their empire and subjects.
The Seljuks converted to Islam and became powerful patrons of Persian culture.
Their defeat of Byzantine forces at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 opened Anatolia to Turkish settlement: Seljuk architecture influenced later Ottoman styles.
Also spelled Seljuq.
Iraqi seat of government
- caliphIslamic head of state
- SunniIslam's largest branch adherent
- sultanMuslim royal ruler
- protectorOne who safeguards others
legitimacy · investiture · religious authority · ceremony · Islamic world
Person from Turkmenistan
- nomadsUnsettled, roving people
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- migrationMovement to new territory
- tribesAncestral social groups
clans · horsemen · yurts · mounted archers · pastoral · Central Asia · shamanism · conversion
Traveler's courtyard lodge
- Mongol invasionNomadic conquest from Central Asia
- frontierEdge of settlement
- sultanateSultan-ruled state
Iraqi seat of government
- ReySpanish term for king
- IsfahanFormer Persian capital
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
- divanArmless, backless seating
Merv · bureaucracy · succession · fragmentation · vassal states · tribute · administration · court
1096 expedition to Jerusalem
Muslim houses of worship
- madrasasIslamic religious schools
- minaretsMosque tower structures
- geometric patternsArrangements of regular shapes
- stone masonryBuilding with cut rock
Baghdad
Iraqi seat of government
protector · legitimacy · investiture · religious authority · ceremony · Islamic world
Turkmen
Person from Turkmenistan
tribes · clans · horsemen · yurts · mounted archers · pastoral · Central Asia · shamanism · conversion
caravanserai
Traveler's courtyard lodge
- Mongol invasionNomadic conquest from Central Asia
- frontierEdge of settlement
- sultanateSultan-ruled state
Baghdad
Iraqi seat of government
Merv · divan · bureaucracy · succession · fragmentation · vassal states · tribute · administration · court
First Crusade
1096 expedition to Jerusalem
mosques
Muslim houses of worship
- madrasasIslamic religious schools
- minaretsMosque tower structures
- geometric patternsArrangements of regular shapes
SeljukByzantine
Of Constantinople's civilization
Byzantine Empire · Mongol · Arab · Persian · Byzantine Greek
- Seljuk architectureMedieval Turkish building tradition