Seljuk dynasty Facts for Kids

The Seljuks in 1092, when they controlled the largest area

The Seljuks (also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq, sometimes also Seljuq Turks) were a Muslim dynasty. They ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. Their empire was known as Great Seljuk Empire that stretched from Anatolia to Pakistan. The Seljuks also fought the Christians in the First Crusade.

The Seljuks were one of the cultural ancestors of the Western Turks, the present-day inhabitants of Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan. Originally, the House of Seljuq was a branch of the Kinik Oghuz Turks who in the 9th century lived in the steppes north of the Caspian and Aral Seas.

Rulers of Seljuk Dynasty 1037-1157
Seljuk Rulers of Kerman 1041-1187
Seljuk Rulers in Syria 1076-1117
Seljuk Sultans of Rüm (Anatolia) 1077-1307
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Rulers of Seljuk Dynasty 1037-1157

Tugrul I (Tugrul Beg) 1037-1063
Alp Arslan bin Chaghri 1063-1072
Jalal ad-Dawlah Malik Shah I 1072-1092
Nasir ad-Din Mahmud I 1092-1093
Rukn ad-Din Barkiyaruq 1093-1104
Mu'izz ad-Din Malik Shah II 1105
Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad/Mehmed I Tapar 1105-1118
Mahmud II 1118-1131
Mu'izz ad-Din Ahmed Sanjar 1131-1157

Seljuk Rulers of Kerman 1041-1187

Kerman was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by Toğrül III of Great Seljuk.

Qawurd 1041-1073
Kerman Shah 1073-1074
Sultan Shah 1074-1075
Hussain Omar 1075-1084
Turan Shah I 1084-1096
Iran Shah 1096-1101
Arslan Shah I 1101-1142
Mehmed I (Muhammad) 1142-1156
Toğrül Shah 1156-1169
Bahram Shah 1169-1174
Arslan Shah II 1174-1176
Turan Shah II 1176-1183
Mehmed II (Muhammad) 1183-1187

Seljuk Rulers in Syria 1076-1117

Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I 1085-1086
Jalal ad-Dawlah Malik Shah I of Great Seljuk 1086-1087
Qasim ad-Dawla Abu Said Aq Sunqur al-Hajib 1087-1094
Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I (second time) 1094-1095
Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan 1095-1113
Tadj ad-Dawla Alp Arslan al-Akhras 1113-1114
Sultan Shah 1114-1123

Sultans/Emirs of Damascus:

Aziz ibn Abaaq al-Khwarazmi 1076-1079
Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I 1079-1095
Abu Nasr Shams al-Muluk Duqaq 1095-1104]
Tutush II 1104
Muhi ad-Din Baqtash 1104

Atabegs of Aleppo:

Lulu 1114-1117
Shams al-Havas Yariqtash 1117
Imad ad-Din Zengi 1128-1146
Nur ad-Din 1146-1174

Seljuk Sultans of Rüm (Anatolia) 1077-1307

The Sultanate of Rüm in 1190

Kutalmish 1060-1077
Süleyman Ibn Kutalmish (Suleiman) 1077-1086
Dawud Kilij Arslan I 1092-1107
Malik Shah 1107-1116
Rukn ad-Din Mas'ud 1116-1156
Izz ad-Din Kilij Arslan II 1156-1192
Ghiyath ad-Din Kay Khusrau I 1192-1196
Süleyman II (Suleiman) 1196-1204
Kilij Arslan III 1204-1205
Ghiyath ad-Din Kay Khusrau I (second time) 1205-1211
Izz ad-Din Kay Ka'us I 1211-1220
Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I 1220-123]
Ghiyath ad-Din Kay Khusrau II 1237-1246
Izz ad-Din Kay Ka'us II 1246-1260
Rukn ad-Din Kilij Arslan IV 1248-1265
Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh II 1249-1257
Ghiyath ad-Din Kay Khusrau II (second time) 1257-1259
Ghiyath ad-Din Kay Khusrau III 1265-1282
Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud II 1282-1284
Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh III 1284
Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud II (second time) 1284-1293
Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh III (second time) 1293-1294
Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud II (third time) 1294-1301
Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh III (third time) 1301-1303
Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud II (fourth time) 1303-1307
Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud III 1307

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Head of Seljuk male royal figure, 12–13th century, from Iran. Carved and drilled stone with Iranian craftsmanship. Kept at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Toghrol Tower, a 12th-century monument south of Tehran commemorating Toğrül.
The Kharāghān twin towers, built in Iran in 1053 to house the remains of Seljuk princes.
Seljuk-era art: Ewer from Herat, Afghanistan, dated 1180–1210. Brass worked in repousse and inlaid with silver and bitumen. British Museum.
Shatranj chess set, glazed fritware, 12th-century Iran. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Seljuk sarcophagus at the Eskişehir Eti Archaeology Museum.