Realm · 1040–1194
Great Seljuk Empire
Great Seljuk Empire appears on the map from 1040 to 1194. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1085, it covered about 4.14 million km².
One of the realms of Seljuk Empire and Sultanate of Rum. The Seljuks were a clan of Oghuz Turks from the steppes east of the Aral Sea who converted to Sunni Islam. Led by the brothers Tughril and Chaghri, they defeated the Ghaznavids at Dandanaqan in 1040 and swept into Iran, and Tughril entered Baghdad in 1055 as protector of the Abbasid caliph, who named him sultan.
See Great Seljuk Empire on the map in 1085
- On the map
- 1040–1194
- Greatest extent
- 1085, about 4.14 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Seljuk Empire · Wikidata Q3708094
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1040–1045 | 2.06 million km² |
| 1046–1055 | 2.43 million km² |
| 1056–1065 | 2.70 million km² |
| 1066–1071 | 2.75 million km² |
| 1072–1084 | 3.12 million km² |
| 1085–1093 | 4.14 million km² |
| 1094–1098 | 3.11 million km² |
| 1099–1110 | 3.04 million km² |
| 1111–1125 | 3.02 million km² |
| 1126–1138 | 2.86 million km² |
| 1139–1146 | 2.54 million km² |
| 1147–1151 | 2.48 million km² |
| 1152–1168 | 1.87 million km² |
| 1169–1176 | 1.85 million km² |
| 1177–1187 | 1.65 million km² |
| 1188–1191 | 1.08 million km² |
| 1192–1194 | 988,551 km² |
Related
- Seljuk Empire and Sultanate of Rum empire
- First Crusade 1096 – 12 August 1099
- The world in 1100: Crusaders in Jerusalem chapter