Saljuq

English Etymology From en ar سَلْجُوق and en fa سلجوق Saljuq. Proper noun en historical en Seljuk, Seljuk Bey. en C. E. Bosworth The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217) The Cambridge History of Iran 5 17 1968 https://books.google.com/books?id=16yHq5v3QZAC According to the Malik-Nāma, [...] the progenitor of the Saljuq family was one Duqaq, called Temür-Yalïgh ("iron-bow"). He and his son Saljuq served the "king of the Turks", i.e. the Yabghu, with Saljuq holding the important military office of Sü-Bashï. en Central Asia https://books.google.com/books?id=9odCAAAAYAAJ 108 1986 But relations between the king and Saljuq did not remain cordial and Saljuq soon migrated to Jand, where he and his followers embraced Islam and expelled the governor of the "king of the Turks". en The Turkic Peoples in Medieval Arabic Writings Routledge 84 https://books.google.com/books?id=80icBQAAQBAJ Yehoshua Frenkel 2014 After Duqāq's death his son Saljuq inherited his place. Derived terms en Saljuqid Saljuqian Adjective - en historical en Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule. en A Study of History 1947 https://books.google.com/books?id=IbJ-31LPvyoC The Qaramanlis inherited the kernel of the former Saljuq domain with its capital, Qoniyah [...] en 1989 The Arts of Persia Ronald W. Ferrier 87 In this forceful yet exquisitely balanced interior, what Schroeder termed the muscularity of Saljuq architecture finds classic expression. en 2013 Manzikert 1071 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=HpmjCwAAQBAJ Other accounts maintain that the Saljuq family and its followers were allowed to live on the frontier of the huge Samanid amirate [...] en Religion, Power, and Resistance from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Centuries https://books.google.com/books?id=4fm3BgAAQBAJ 2014 The Saljuq Empire, established by Turkish invaders, reigned over a territory that roughly covers modern Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. en 2018 The Wiley Blackwell History of Islam https://www.google.com/books?id=wUBaDwAAQBAJ The Turkmen were the mainstay of the Saljuq army but they were supplemented by Turkish slave soldiers and mercenaries, often of Kurdish ancestry. Noun en historical en Seljuk, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or person of their empire. en 1949 The World of the Middle Ages https://books.google.com/books?id=ih0DAAAAMAAJ 330 The two worst defeats that the Byzantines suffered in the Comneni period were both inflicted on them by the Saljuqs in Asia Minor. en Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia 1988 Ann K. S. Lambton https://books.google.com/books?id=lQjkJOUcVIwC 11 Although the Saljuqs were foreign to the Perso-Arab population of the ʿAbbāsid empire by origin, their Muslim upbringing prepared them for a rapid acceptance of the cultural institutions of the Muslim world and the imperial tradition in its broad outlines. en Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC 167 The heritage of the Saljuqs—political, religious and cultural—can scarcely be exaggerated [...] en John A. Shoup The History of Syria 2018 50 https://books.google.com/books?id=s1xxDwAAQBAJ The Great Saljuqs pushed westward and brought northern Syria under their control in 1055, though they left local leaders in power. French Alternative forms fr Saljûq Seldjouk Proper noun m fr historical en Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty) Derived terms fr saljuqide fr Individuals Uzbek uz: Proper noun uz proper noun uz historical en Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty) Related terms uz saljuqiy Saljuqid uz Individuals