TUGHRIL BEG

toogˈrēl bĕg, 990–1063, founder of the Seljuk Turk dynasty ruling (11th–14th cent.) parts of Anatolia, Iraq, Persia, and Syria. He was early successful in conquests with his brother, who eventually governed Khorasan. Tughril Beg conquered Persia (1040–44) and Iraq (1055). His ideology sought to reinforce unity in the Islamic world. By 1060 he had assumed control of former Buyid territory.

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books on: Tughril Beg  - 51 results

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The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna
Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger, 2000
Subjects: Islamic Empire--History
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The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna
Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Islamic Empire--History
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History of the Islamic Peoples: With a Review of Events, 1939-1947
Book by Carl Brockelmann, Moshe Perlmann, Joel Carmichael; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1947
Subjects: Islamic Countries--History
...to beggary by the Bedouins constantly patrolling beneath their walls. In vain did the emissaries announcing their submission beg for a brief respite for their goddess, Allat. The Prophet was implacable. One of their people, Mughirah ibn-Shubah, who had...
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Iraq: From Sumer to Saddam
Book by Geoff Simons; Macmillan, 1996
Subjects: Iraq--History
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Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory
Book by Duncan B. MacDonald; Charles Scribners Sons, 1903
Subjects: Islam
...Shi ites and merely tolerated, for state reasons, the im pieties of the Sunnite Khalifas. But in 447 A.D. 1055 , Tughril Beg, the Saljuq, entered Baghdad, was proclaimed Sultan of the Muslims and freed the Khalifa from the Shiite yoke...
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journal articles on: Tughril Beg  - 3 results

 
 
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Bargaining with Baraka: Persian Sufism, "mysticism," and Pre-modern Politics
Journal article by Omid Safi; The Muslim World, Vol. 90, 2000
Subjects: God, Iran, Politics, Religion, Spirituality
...Ravandi reports that he has heard that: When Sultan Tughril Beg came to Hamadan, there were three saints there: Baba...include-but are not limited to-Nizam al-Mulk, Sultan Tughril and Chaghri Beg.74 We cannot undertake an exhaustive survey of Abu...
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Iran between East and West
Journal article by Richard W. Bulliet; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Iran--Military policy, Iranian foreign relations, Islamic fundamentalism--International aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects, United States foreign relations
...eviction of the Buyids from Baghdad by the Seljuq sultan Tughril Beg in 1055, the Mongol invasion commanded by Genghiz IChans...Safavid Empire in 1508. On three of these occasions, Tughril Beg, Hulagu and Timur, the conquerors came from Central Asia...
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Sufism in Southeast Asia: Reflections and Reconsiderations
Journal article by Anthony H. Johns; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 26, 1995
Subjects: Islam--Analysis, Southeast Asia--Religion
...institution of the sultan had become well-established. The first ruler whose coins bear the title sultan was apparently Tughril Beg who established the Seljuk dynasty in 1055.(4) From his time on, sultanates sprang up like mushrooms in the Middle East...


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Tughril Beg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TUGHRIL BEG toog rel beg, 990 1063, founder of the Seljuk Turk dynasty ruling...successful in conquests with his brother, who eventually governed Khorasan . Tughril Beg conquered Persia (1040 44) and Iraq (1055). His ideology sought to reinforce...
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Buyid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1060; they were replaced by other dynasties, who divided Buyid territory. The Seljuks (see Turks ), first under Tughril Beg , ruled most of their territory. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Turks
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the 11th cent. a great wave of Seljuk Turks, led by Tughril Beg , conquered Khwarazm and Iran. They entered Baghdad in 1055; Tughril Beg was proclaimed sultan. Under his successor, Alp Arslan...


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