seljuk empire begain in 1194.
when did the seljuk empire begin?
1194
the seljuk empire was founded by tughril beg (1016–1063) and his brother chaghri beg (989–1060) in 1037. from their homelands near the aral sea, the seljuks advanced first into khorasan and then into mainland persia, before eventually conquering eastern anatolia. here the seljuks won the battle of manzikert in 1071 and conquered most of anatolia from the byzantine empire, which became one of the reasons for the first crusade (1095-1099). from c. 1150-1250, the seljuk empire declined, and was invaded by the mongols around 1260. the mongols divided anatolia into emirates. eventually one of these, the ottoman, would conquer the rest.
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the seljuk empire () or the great seljuq empire was a high medieval turko-persian sunni muslim empire, originating from the qiniq branch of oghuz turks. at its greatest extent, the seljuk empire controlled a vast area stretching from western anatolia and the levant to the hindu kush in the east, and from central asia to the persian gulf in the south.
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