- Seljuk
Seljuk (Arabic: السلاجقة, Turkish: "Selçuk"; also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq) was the eponymous hero of the
Seljuks . He was the son of a certain Duqaq surnamed Timuryaligh -"of the iron bow"- and either the chief or an eminent member from the Kınık tribe of theOghuz Turks . In about985 the Seljuk clan split off from the bulk of the Tokuz-Oghuz, a confederacy of nine clans long settled between the Aral and Caspian Seas, and set up camp on the right bank of the lowerSyr Darya (Jaxartes ), in the direction ofJend , nearKzyl Orda in present day south-centralKazakhstan where they were converted toIslam .The
biblical names of his four sons -Mîkâîl, Isrâîl (Arslan), Mûsâ, and Yûnus (Jonah)- suggest previous acquaintance with eitherKhazar Judaism orNestorian Christianity .Fact|date=March 2008 Seljuk died approximately in1038 and was sacrified in a tomb.Fact|date=January 2008Under Mikail's sons
Toghrul andChaghri theSeljuks migrated intoKhurasan .Ghaznavid attempts to stop Seljuks raiding the localMuslim populace led to theBattle of Dandanaqan on 23 May1040 . Victorious Seljuks became masters of Khurasan, expanding their power intoTransoxiana and acrossIran . By1055 Toghrul had expanded his control all the way toBaghdad , setting himself up as the champion of theAbbasid caliph , who honored him with the title "sultan ". Earlier rulers may have used this title but the Seljuks seem to have been the first to inscribe it on their coins. [Carter Vaughn Findley, "The Turks in World History", pp. 68, 2005, Oxford University Press]ee also
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Great Seljuk Empire
*Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Notes
References
*Rene Grousset, The Empire of the Steppes, 1970, Rutgers University Press
* http://www.selcuklular.com/?
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