
Information
Name: Seljuk Empire
Type: Polity
Nation: seljuk empire
Start: 1036
End: 1157
Seljuk Empire: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
Was a Sunni Mulsim Epire in in Asia, founded and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. At its maximal extent it spanned from central Anatolia to Pakistan. The Seljuks ruled large territories through vassals. In the second half of the XII century the empire quickly fragmented in a multitude of former vassals that gained independence and in successor states.