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Seljuk Empire

Historical polity, asia (1037-1194)

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
Capital
Hamadan 1
Capital
Isfahan 1
Capital
Merv 1
Capital
Nishapur 1
Capital
Ray 1
Independence or Founding Year
1037 1
Dissolution or End Year
1194 1
Classification
Sovereignty Status
Historical or Dissolved State 1
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Nizamiyya

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Source Nizamiyya (Wikipedia)intro of the articletier 2
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A Nizamiyya (Classical Persian: نظامیه Niẓāmiyya, from Arabic ‏نظامية‎ Niẓāmiyya, short for مدرسة نظامية madrasa Niẓāmiyya, lit. 'Nizamian school') was a type of institution of higher education established by Nizam al-Mulk in the 11th century across regions of the Seljuk Empire.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Seljuk Empire
Wikidata Q3708094, class allow-list match (Q3024240 historical country; Q48349 empire)
Seljuk Empire (Wikipedia)
Introduction
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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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