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The '''Seljūk''' (Persian: {{ia|سلجوقیان}}) was an Oghuz Turk dynasty who ruled [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Transoxiana]] and parts of [[Anatolia]] for about two centuries (5th/[[11th century|11th]] and 6th/[[12th century|12th]] centuries) after defeating [[Ghaznavid]] and [[Buyid]] dynasties. The Seljuks were [[Hanafi]] Muslims, and were supporters of the [[Abbasid]] caliph against [[Shi'a]] powers, such as [[Fatimids]] and Buyids, thus, introducing themselves as revivers of the [[Sunni]] denomination of [[Islam]]. In the early years of the Seljuk government, the Shi'as who had gained a tremendous social power in the Buyid period came to be constrained and oppressed, but after the period of [[Malik-Shah]], Seljuk kings exhibited more religious tolerance, and thus, the Shi'as could rapidly regain their social and even political power, occupying high-ranking positions in the Seljuk government. In the Seljuk period, the Shi'as were dispersed in different cities of Iran and had active flourishing [[seminary school]]s. One social feature of the Seljuk period was religious quarrels between Shi'a and Sunni Muslims in some cities, such as [[Baghdad]] and [[Neyshabur]] which sometimes led to widespread battles in cities and districts. | |||
[[File:Seljuk-Empire.gif|thumbnail|right|Map of Seljuk Empire]] | [[File:Seljuk-Empire.gif|thumbnail|right|Map of Seljuk Empire]] | ||
==Political History== | ==Political History== | ||
The Seljuk was an Oghuz Turk Muslim dynasty who resided in eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea and the areas around Aral Sea in the [[Samanid]] period. They are called "Seljuks" after one of their heads who lived in the Samanid era. It was Seljuk's grandchildren who began to enter the borders of Samanid, and then Ghaznavid kingdom, and in the Battle of Dandanaqan (431/1040), they defeated the Ghaznavid army and entered the interior lands of Iran. They continued to occupy western areas of Iran, and after defeating the rest of Buyid army in central and western Iran and Iraq in 447/1055, Tughril entered Baghdad, the center of the [[Abbasid]] caliphate. | The Seljuk was an Oghuz Turk Muslim dynasty who resided in eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea and the areas around Aral Sea in the [[Samanid]] period. They are called "Seljuks" after one of their heads who lived in the Samanid era. It was Seljuk's grandchildren who began to enter the borders of Samanid, and then Ghaznavid kingdom, and in the Battle of Dandanaqan (431/1040), they defeated the Ghaznavid army and entered the interior lands of Iran. They continued to occupy western areas of Iran, and after defeating the rest of Buyid army in central and western Iran and Iraq in 447/1055, Tughril entered Baghdad, the center of the [[Abbasid]] caliphate. | ||
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