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sɛlˈdʒukseljuk

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Seljukadjective

    any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders

  2. Seljukadjective

    of or relating to the Seljuks

Wiktionary

  1. Seljuknoun

    A member of this tribe or dynasty.

  2. Seljukadjective

    Designating certain Turkish dynasties which ruled large parts of Asia from the 11th to the 13th centuries, or the Turkish people associated with these dynasties (often as contrasted with Ottoman).

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  1. seljuk

    The Seljuks were a group of originally nomadic Turkic people who converted to Sunni Islam and started a series of powerful empires in the 11th to 13th centuries, spanning from Asia Minor and Persia to parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan. They are notably recognized for their significant contributions to Persian culture and civilization, as well as their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire during the Crusades. Their most prominent branches included the Great Seljuk Empire and the Sultanate of Rum.

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  1. Seljuk

    Seljuk was the eponymous hero of the Seljuq Turks. He was the son of a certain Duqaq surnamed Timuryaligh and either the chief or an eminent member from the Kınık tribe of the Oghuz Turks. In 985, the Seljuq clan split off from the bulk of the Tokuz-Oghuz, a confederacy of nine clans long settled between the Aral and Caspian Seas. They set up camp on the right bank of the lower Syr Darya, in the direction of Jend, near Kzyl Orda in present day south-central Kazakhstan where they converted to Islam. The biblical names of his four sons - Mikâîl, Isrâîl, Mûsâ, and Yûnus - suggest previous acquaintance with either Khazar Judaism or Nestorian Christianity. According to some sources, Seljuk began his career as an officer in the Khazar army. Under Mikail's sons Tuğrul and Çağrı the Seljuqs migrated into Khurasan. Ghaznavid attempts to stop Seljuqs raiding the local Muslim populace led to the Battle of Dandanaqan on 23 May 1040. Victorious Seljuqs became masters of Khurasan, expanding their power into Transoxiana and across Iran. By 1055 Tuğrul had expanded his control all the way to Baghdad, setting himself up as the champion of the Abbasid caliph, who honored him with the title sultan. Earlier rulers may have used this title but the Seljuqs seem to have been the first to inscribe it on their coins.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Seljuk

    sel-jōōk′, n. a member of a Turkish family which, under Togrul Beg, grandson of a chief named Seljuk, overthrew the Abbaside califs of Bagdad about 1050, and gave way before the Osmanli or Ottoman princes.—adj. Selju′kian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seljuk in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seljuk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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