Sultan of the Seljuk Empire

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Islamic royal title head of state monarchical title

The Sultan of the Seljuk Empire was the supreme ruler of a powerful medieval Turko-Persian dynasty that dominated much of the Islamic world and Anatolia before the rise of the Ottoman Empire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Khan of the Seljuks 1
Seljuk sultans 1
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire canonical 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic royal title ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Seljuk Empire ⓘ
appliesToPart Seljuk Empire ⓘ
surface form: Great Seljuk Empire

Seljuk Empire ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Seljuk Sultanate

Kerman Seljuk Sultanate ⓘ
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ⓘ
surface form: Sultanate of Rum
country Seljuk Empire ⓘ
culture Persianate world ⓘ
surface form: Turko-Persian culture
endTime 13th century ⓘ
c. 1307 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Turkic peoples ⓘ
followedBy Khwarazmian Shah ⓘ
Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ
Ottoman sultan ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Sultan
follows Sultan of the Seljuk Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khan of the Seljuks
hasPowerOver appointment of governors ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
inception 11th century ⓘ
legitimizedBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Manzikert ⓘ
capture of Baghdad in 1055 ⓘ
patronage of Nizam al-Mulk as vizier ⓘ
notableFor Turkic migration into Anatolia ⓘ
expansion of Sunni Islam ⓘ
foundation of madrasas (Nizamiyya schools) ⓘ
positionHeldBy Alp Arslan ⓘ
Kaykaus I ⓘ
Kaykaus II ⓘ
Kaykhusraw I ⓘ
Kaykhusraw II ⓘ
Kaykhusraw III ⓘ
Kayqubad I ⓘ
Kayqubad II ⓘ
Kilij Arslan I ⓘ
Kilij Arslan II ⓘ
Kilij Arslan IV ⓘ
Mahmud I of Great Seljuk ⓘ
Malik Shah I ⓘ
Sanjar ⓘ
Toghrul III ⓘ
Tughril ⓘ
precededBy local amirates in Iran and Central Asia ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
residence Isfahan ⓘ
Konya ⓘ
Merv ⓘ
Ray ⓘ
startTime c. 1037 ⓘ
subordinateTo Caliph (in theory) ⓘ
territoryIncludes Anatolia ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Oghuz Turkic language ⓘ
surface form: Oghuz Turkic

Persian ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sultan → predecessorTitle → Sultan of the Seljuk Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → follows → Sultan of the Seljuk Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khan of the Seljuks
Kaykaus I → positionHeld → Sultan of the Seljuk Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
Jibal → wasGovernedBy → Sultan of the Seljuk Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seljuk sultans