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Seljuq dynasty

Header: Seljuq dynasty
Also known as: Seljuq dynasty; Seljuq; Seljuk; Great Seljuqs; Saljuq
Scope note: 1040-1194 (AH 431-AH 590). Turkic dynasty ruling in Persia, Iraq and Syria that reunited central 'Abbasid lands. The Seljuqs had originally their home in the steppes north of the Caspian and Aral Seas. They converted to Islam at the end of the 10th century. Under Toghril I Beg they seized Nishapur, the capital of the Ghaznavids in 1038 (AH 429). He entered Baghdad in 1055 (AH 447) and had his title of sultan confirmed by the caliph. The sultanate of the Great Seljuqs was based on a hierarchically organised state in the Perso-Islamic monarchic system, with the supreme sultan supported by a Perian and Arab beaurocracy and a multi-national army directed by Turkish slave commanders. Under Alp Arslan and his son Malik Shah the Great Seljuq empire reached its zenith and Isfahan was the capital. The Seljuqs founded various orthodox Sunni madrasas or religious colleges in Irag and the Persian lands and encouraged a synthesis of traditional theological and legal studies with the spirit of Sufism.
Broader terms: x102357; Middle Islamic
Narrower terms: Seljuqs of Rum

1,255 related objects

aeolipile

Museum number: 1877,0110.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rayy

aeolipile

Museum number: 1891,0625.24 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rayy

aeolipile

Museum number: OA+.11609 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thc-13thc |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Qasr al-Ashiq

aeolipile

Museum number: OA+.1895 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

aeolipile

Museum number: 1890,1202.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rayy

albarello

Museum number: G.252 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

amulet

Museum number: OA+.8114 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

amulet

Museum number: 1960,0801.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

aquamanile; ewer

Museum number: 1929,0417.5 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1150-1250 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

architecture

Museum number: 1891,0625.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rayy

architecture

Museum number: 1891,0625.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rayy

bangle

Museum number: 2015,6001.13 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bangle

Museum number: 2015,6001.14 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

base

Museum number: 1929,0420.1.b |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.16 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.20 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.24 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.22 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bead

Museum number: OA+.14042 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Smyrna (historic)

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.21 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.19 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.17 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

bead

Museum number: 2015,6001.23 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sultan Kala

beaker

Museum number: 1956,0728.6 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1100-1150 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

beaker

Museum number: 1912,1014.9 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

beaker

Museum number: 1912,1014.11 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

beaker

Museum number: 1912,1014.8 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

beaker

Museum number: 1912,1014.6 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

belt

Museum number: 1959,0722.5.a-b |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 13thC-14thC |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

belt

Museum number: 1959,0722.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 13thC-14thC |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1959,0722.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 13thC |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1939,0313.13 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hamadan (town)

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1939,0313.12 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hamadan (town)

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1939,0313.17 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hamadan (town)

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1939,0313.16 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hamadan (town)

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1939,0313.18.a-b |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hamadan (town)

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1939,0313.14 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hamadan (town)

belt-fitting

Museum number: 1939,0313.15 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hamadan (town)

bottle

Museum number: 1929,0417.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bottle

Museum number: 1906,0719.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1127-1146 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

bottle

Museum number: 1891,1020.20 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rayy

bottle

Museum number: 1929,0515.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1150-1250 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0625.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200-1250 |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.34 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 2012,6058.18 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-13thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Durnali ding

bowl

Museum number: 1927,0613.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1923,0517.5 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1947,0515.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1947,0515.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1972,0410.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC-13thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1979,1228.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1050-1100 |
Production place: Made in:Afrasiab |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nishapur

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.9 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1925,0617.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC-13thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1891,0625.64 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rayy

bowl

Museum number: 1923,0517.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1924,0423.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1923,0517.10 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1201-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.18 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 13thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1964,1215.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.39 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1912,0607.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1928,0721.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1924,1111.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC-13thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0414.10 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1921,0726.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.20 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.24 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1915,0609.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1956,0728.5 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1150-1200 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1912,1207.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1947,0515.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.35 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.37 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1910,0418.24 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Shanxi (province)

bowl

Museum number: 1928,0314.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1940,0413.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.21 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.12 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 13thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0414.37 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.23 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1200 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1923,0517.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1150-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1922,1221.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Khar

bowl

Museum number: 1878,1230.589 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1924,0423.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1910,0418.23 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Shanxi (province)

bowl

Museum number: 1947,0515.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

bowl

Museum number: G.238 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.38 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1928,0721.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200-1250 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1891,1020.8 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rayy

bowl

Museum number: 1925,1116.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1913,1223.5 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: 1953,1020.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1930,0719.63 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1175-1225 |
Production place: Attributed at:Kashan

bowl

Museum number: G.275 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bowl

Museum number: OA+.14070.5 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Samsat

bowl

Museum number: 1891,0620.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1170-1220 |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rayy

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0414.100 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0623.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41057 Seljuq dynasty |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Kashan