Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A Turkish dynasty ruling in central and western Asia from the 11th to the 13th century.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a Turkish family which furnished several dynasties of rulers in central and western Asia, from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
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- proper noun A Persianate
Muslim dynasty , of Oghuz Turkic origin, which established both the Great Seljuq Empire and Sultanate of Rum, between the 11th and 14th centuries, in large parts of Southwest Asia and Asia Minor, respectively. - adjective Of or pertaining to this dynasty, or to the empire/sultanate that it ruled.
- noun A member of this dynasty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders
- adjective of or relating to the Seljuks
Etymologies
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Examples
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The three firlt were poflefled by the princes of the fame family, called Seljuk, and Turks, of the fame tribe or tribes.
The modern part of an universal history from the earliest accounts to the present time; 1780
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In 1084 still other Seljuk armies captured the ancient Christian capital of Antioch.
Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011
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Nicaea was then the capital of the Seljuk Turks who had captured it from the Byzantine in 1077.
Archive 2009-05-01 AYDIN 2009
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In 1055 an Asian tribal group, the Seljuk Turks, had established themselves as rulers of Baghdad and thus leaders of the Sunni Muslim world.
Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011
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In 1055 an Asian tribal group, the Seljuk Turks, had established themselves as rulers of Baghdad and thus leaders of the Sunni Muslim world.
Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011
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In 1084 still other Seljuk armies captured the ancient Christian capital of Antioch.
Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011
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Scala/Art Resource, NY An undated illustration of the taking of Antioch, in present-day Turkey, during the First Crusade The first great expansion of Islam came to an end in the middle of the eighth century, but with the conversion of the Seljuk Turks from Central Asia, Islam resumed its relentless drive westward.
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Scala/Art Resource, NY An undated illustration of the taking of Antioch, in present-day Turkey, during the First Crusade The first great expansion of Islam came to an end in the middle of the eighth century, but with the conversion of the Seljuk Turks from Central Asia, Islam resumed its relentless drive westward.
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Scala/Art Resource, NY An undated illustration of the taking of Antioch, in present-day Turkey, during the First Crusade The first great expansion of Islam came to an end in the middle of the eighth century, but with the conversion of the Seljuk Turks from Central Asia, Islam resumed its relentless drive westward.
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Since Ani's heyday in the 10th and 11th centuries, Seljuk, Georgian, Mongol and Timurid armies have breached its walls.
Time-Traveling in Armenia James Fidler 2010
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