The Seljuk Empire ( SEL-jook in BrE, sel-JOOK in AmE), or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian empire established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. The empire spanned a total area of 3.9 million square kilometres (1.5 million square miles) from Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and it spanned the time period 1037-1308, though Seljuk rule beyond the Anatolian peninsula ended in 1194.
Facts
Independence or Founding Year Dissolution or End Year Classification
Sovereignty StatusHistorical or Dissolved State 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Law Atlas: Al-Ghazali, nationals include there.
- Also in Science Atlas: Al-Tughra'i, nationals include there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Seljuk Empire
Wikidata Q3708094, class allow-list match (Q3024240 historical country; Q48349 empire)
Seljuk Empire (Wikipedia)
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The Seljuk Empire ( SEL-jook in BrE, sel-JOOK in AmE), or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian empire established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. The empire spanned a total area of 3.9 million square kilometres (1.5 million square miles) from Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and it spanned the time period 1037-1308, though Seljuk rule beyond the Anatolian peninsula ended in 1194.
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