Seljuk Empire

E110127

Sunni Muslim state Turkic state empire

The Seljuk Empire was a medieval Sunni Muslim Turkic empire that dominated much of the Middle East and Anatolia in the 11th–12th centuries, playing a central role in the political and military context of the early Crusades.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Seljuk Empire canonical	62
Seljuk Turks	28
Seljuk dynasty	15
Great Seljuk Empire	9
Seljuk	6
Seljuk period	6
Seljuks	5
Seljuk era	4
Great Seljuks	2
Iraqi Seljuk Sultanate	1
Seljuk Empire (historically)	1
Seljuk Turk	1
Seljuk court	1
الدولة السلجوقية	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sunni Muslim state ⓘ Turkic state ⓘ empire ⓘ
alliedWith	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
architectureStyle	Seljuk architecture ⓘ
battle	Battle of Dandanaqan ⓘ Battle of Manzikert ⓘ Battle of Qatwan ⓘ
capital	Isfahan ⓘ Merv ⓘ Ray ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Persianization of administration ⓘ
currency	dinar ⓘ dirham ⓘ
dynasty	Seljuk ⓘ surface form: Seljuk dynasty
endTime	12th century ⓘ c. 1194 ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Oghuz ⓘ surface form: Oghuz Turks
expandedInto	Anatolia after Manzikert ⓘ
followedBy	Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ⓘ surface form: Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate Khwarazmian Empire ⓘ Zengid dynasty ⓘ
foundedBy	Seljuk ⓘ surface form: Seljuk Turks Toghrul Beg ⓘ Tughril ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
involvedIn	First Crusade ⓘ early Crusades ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Oghuz Turkic language ⓘ surface form: Oghuz Turkic Persian ⓘ
legalSystem	Sharia ⓘ
militarySystem	iqta system ⓘ
namedAfter	Seljuk ⓘ
notableRuler	Alp Arslan ⓘ Malik Shah I ⓘ Sanjar ⓘ Tughril ⓘ
notableVizier	Nizam al-Mulk ⓘ
opponent	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Crusader states ⓘ Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
partOf	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
patronage	Nizamiyya madrasas ⓘ
peakPeriod	reign of Malik Shah I ⓘ
precededBy	Buyid dynasty ⓘ Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
protected	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
region	Anatolia ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
startTime	11th century ⓘ c. 1037 ⓘ
titleOfRuler	Sultan ⓘ

Referenced by (142)

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

First Crusade → opponent → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Principality of Antioch → conflictWith → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Bohemond I of Antioch → opponent → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Kingdom of Georgia → borderedBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Georgia → opposedTo → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum → predecessor → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Seljuk Empire

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum → rulingDynasty → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk dynasty

Greater Iran → historicallyLinkedTo → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Omar Khayyam → citizenship → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Omar Khayyam → employer → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk court

Turks → historicalState → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Bagratid Armenia → successor → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Cilician Armenia → enemy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

David IV of Georgia → victoryOver → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Turkic world → hasHistoricalRoot → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Nicaea → controlledBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Turkmens → historicalInfluence → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Gagauz → migrationOriginHypotheses → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Mongol Ilkhanate → predecessor → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Nishapur → underDynasty → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Pamphylia → conqueredBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Citadel of Damascus → usedBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk dynasty

Iraqi Turkmen → historicalMigrationPeriod → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk era

Erzurum, Turkey → partOf → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Erzurum

this entity surface form: Seljuk Empire (historically)

Anatolia → conqueredBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Khorasan → historicalEra → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Ghurid Empire → predecessor → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Ankara Castle → heritagePeriod → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk era

Yunus Emre → nationality → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turk

Second Crusade → opponent → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Oghuz → historicalConfederation → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Seljuk Empire

Oghuz → ancestorOfDynasty → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuks

Seljuk architecture → usedBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Seljuks

Seljuk architecture → associatedWithDynasty → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuks

Seljuk architecture → associatedWithDynasty → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Seljuk Empire

Buyid dynasty → followedBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Ghaznavid Empire → lostTerritoryTo → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Sille village → historicalPeriod → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Sille

this entity surface form: Seljuk era

Antioch on the Orontes → conqueredBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Merv → countryAtTimeOfPeak → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

People's Crusade → hasOpponent → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Outremer → conflictWith → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks

Rayy → governedBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Crusader states → opposedBy → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → appliesToJurisdiction → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → country → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → appliesToPart → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Seljuk Empire

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → appliesToPart → Seljuk Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi Seljuk Sultanate