Tughril

E448760

Seljuk sultan Turkic military leader founder ruler

Tughril was the 11th-century founder and first ruler of the Seljuk Empire, who established Seljuk dominance over much of Iran and Iraq.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chaghri Beg	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Seljuk sultan ⓘ Turkic military leader ⓘ founder ⓘ ruler ⓘ
ally	Caliph al-Qa'im NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Toghrul NERFINISHED ⓘ Toghrïl NERFINISHED ⓘ Tughril Beg NERFINISHED ⓘ Tughril Bey NERFINISHED ⓘ Tughril ibn Mikail NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle	Battle of Dandanaqan NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Oghuz Yabghu realm NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	11th century ⓘ
coRulerWith	Chaghri Beg NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryFounded	Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Persianate ⓘ
deathPlace	Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Oghuz Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Mikail NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Tughril NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ
memberOf	Seljuk dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	defeating the Ghaznavids at Dandanaqan ⓘ establishing Seljuk dominance in Iran ⓘ establishing Seljuk dominance in Iraq ⓘ founding the Seljuk Empire ⓘ
opponent	Buyid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghaznavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrew	Buyid dynasty in Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Amir of the Seljuks NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of the Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Buyid control in Iraq ⓘ
protected	Abbasid caliph in Baghdad ⓘ
regionRuled	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
sibling	Chaghri Beg NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Alp Arslan NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Rukn al-Dawla NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan ⓘ Yamin Amir al-Mu'minin NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookTitleFrom	Caliph al-Qa'im NERFINISHED ⓘ
uncle	Seljuk NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → positionHeldBy → Tughril ⓘ

Seljuk Empire → foundedBy → Tughril ⓘ

Seljuk Empire → notableRuler → Tughril ⓘ

Battle of Dandanaqan → commanderForSeljuks → Tughril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaghri Beg