Conquests of Tughril I
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Expansion during the rule of Tughril I in the Seljuk Empire.
Chronology
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January 1056: In 1055, Seljuk sultan Tughrul conquered Baghdad, the seat of the Buyid caliphate, and ousted the last of the Buyid rulers.
January 1036: The Seljuk Empire or Seljuq Empire was established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks.
January 1038: The Seljuk Empire Capture Merv and Nishapur (1037).
May 1040: In 1040 at the Battle of Dandanaqan, the Seljuqs decisively defeated Mas'ud I of the Ghaznavids, forcing him to abandon most of his western territories.
January 1041: Mas'ud was unable to preserve the empire and following a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Dandanaqan in 1040, he lost all the Ghaznavid lands in Iran and Central Asia to the Seljuks.
January 1043: In 1041/1042, the Seljuqs, now the new masters of Khorasan, invaded Anushirvan's domains, which forced him to accept their authority.
January 1043: In 1041/2, Seljuk Sultan Tughril conquered Tabaristan and Gurgan.
January 1044: Ray and Qazvin conquered by Seljuk Empire.
January 1044: Seljuk suzerainty was acknowledged by the Justanid ruler of Dailam.
January 1045: Seljuk sultan moved on to the conquest of the Iranian plateau in 1040-1044.
January 1053: Baraka's son Quraysh ("'Alam al-Din") succeeded him and ruled for the next nine years. During his reign he acknowledged the supremacy of the Seljuks.
January 1054: Between 1053 and 1154 Oman was part of the Seljuk Empire.
January 1061: Seljuk Sultan Tughril reconquered Baghdad and personally strangled his foster brother İbrahim Yinal who had defected to th Fatimids.
January 1056: The Oghuz Yabgu State was ruled by the Oghuz Turks, with the title of Yabgu being a high-ranking official. In 1055, the territory of Oghuz Yabgu State was conquered by the Great Seljuk Empire.
January 1053: Faramurz's reign was cut short by the Seljuks, who after a year-long siege of Isfahan took the city in 1051 or 1052. Despite this, Faramurz was given Yazd and Abarkuh in fief by the Seljuks.
January 1044: In around 1043 the Seljuk sultan Toghril Beg received the submission of the salar of Tarum, who became his vassal and submitted tribute.
January 1038: In 1037, the Seljuqs managed to force the Ghaznavids to cede them Sarakhs, Abivard and Marw.
Fought in 1040 between the Seljuqs and the Ghaznavid Empire near the city of Merv (present-day Turkmenistan). The battle ended with a Seljuq victory and brought down the Ghaznavid domination in the Khorasan.
