Seljuk

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Seljuk was the eponymous founder and leader of the Seljuk dynasty, a Turkic tribal chief whose descendants established a major medieval Islamic empire across the Middle East and Central Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic leader ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
tribal chief ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Saljuq ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk

Selçuk ⓘ
associatedWith Islamization of Turkic tribes ⓘ
Oghuz Yabghu State ⓘ
linked to: Oghuz Yabgu State
burialPlace Jand (traditional attribution) ⓘ
culture Turkic ⓘ
descendants Alp Arslan ⓘ
Chaghri Beg ⓘ
Tughril ⓘ
dynastyFounded Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
eponymOf Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire
ethnicGroup Oghuz Turk ⓘ
linked to: Oghuz

Turkic ⓘ
historicalSignificance founder of one of the major medieval Islamic dynasties ⓘ
house House of Seljuk ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
influenced Great Seljuk Empire ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire

Seljuk Empire ⓘ
language Oghuz Turkic ⓘ
legacy Turkic penetration into the Islamic world ⓘ
establishment of a major medieval Islamic empire ⓘ
name Seljuk ⓘ
notableFor founding the Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
laying foundations of the Seljuk Empire ⓘ
leading Oghuz Turkic tribes ⓘ
politicalEntityFounded Seljuk tribal confederation ⓘ
regionAssociated Central Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
role military leader ⓘ
tribal chieftain ⓘ
sphereOfActivity military affairs ⓘ
state formation ⓘ
tribal politics ⓘ
successor Arslan Israil ⓘ
Mikail ⓘ
Musa Yabghu ⓘ
Yabghu family of the Seljuks ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
early 11th century ⓘ

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

Seljuk Empire → namedAfter → Seljuk ⓘ
Seljuk Empire → dynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Seljuk Empire → foundedBy → Seljuk Turks ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Kaykaus I → house → House of Seljuk ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Siege of Nicaea → combatant → Turkish Seljuk forces ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish → dynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Kilij Arslan II → memberOf → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Three Tombs (Üç Kümbetler) → culturalContext → Seljuk Turkish ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Suhrawardi → associatedWith → Seljuk period ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Oghuz Khan → associatedWith → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Sanjar → memberOfDynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Tughril → memberOf → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Tughril → uncle → Seljuk ⓘ
Selçuklu → namedAfter → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Nizam al-Mulk → associatedWith → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Mahmud I of Great Seljuk → dynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Seljuk → name → Seljuk ⓘ
Seljuk → alsoKnownAs → Saljuq ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Seljuk → dynastyFounded → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Seljuk → house → House of Seljuk ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Kerbogha of Mosul → culture → Seljuk ⓘ
Sultan Mesud I → memberOf → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Sultan Mesud I → dynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Toghrul Beg → clan → Seljuk clan ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Toghrul Beg → relative → Seljuk (progenitor of the Seljuk clan) ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Sultan of Rûm → usedBy → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
ʿIzz al-Dīn Kaykāʾūs I → dynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Seljuks of Rum → namedAfter → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Seljuk Rum period → hasRulingDynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Ayşe Hatun → nobleFamily → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Qutulmish → memberOf → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Qutulmish → dynasticHouse → House of Seljuk ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Malik Shah of Rum → dynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Masud I of Rum → memberOfDynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk
Islamic East → hasDynasty → Seljuk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk