Seljuq Dynasty
|
|
| History of Greater Iran |
|
| Pre-modern |
Pre-Islamic
|
BCE |
| Prehistory |
|
| Proto-Elamite civilization |
3200–2800 |
| Elamite dynasties |
2800–550 |
| Bactria-Margiana Complex |
2200–1700 |
| Kingdom of Mannai |
10th–7th cent. |
| Median Empire |
728–550 |
| Achaemenid Empire |
550–330 |
| Seleucid Empire |
330–150 |
| Greco-Bactrian Kingdom |
250-125 |
| Parthian Empire |
248–CE 224 |
|
CE |
| Kushan Empire |
30–275 |
| Sassanid Empire |
224–651 |
| Hephthalite Empire |
425–557 |
| Kabul Shahi kingdom |
565–879 |
|
Islamic
| Patriarchal Caliphate |
637–651 |
| Umayyad Caliphate |
661–750 |
| Abbasid Caliphate |
750–1258 |
| Tahirid dynasty |
821–873 |
| Alavid dynasty |
864–928 |
| Saffarid dynasty |
861–1003 |
| Samanid dynasty |
819–999 |
| Ziyarid dynasty |
928–1043 |
| Buyid dynasty |
934–1055 |
| Ghaznavid Empire |
975–1187 |
| Ghurid dynasty |
1149–1212 |
| Seljuq Empire |
1037–1194 |
| Khwarazmian dynasty |
1077–1231 |
| Ilkhanate |
1256–353 |
| Kartids dynasty |
1231–389 |
| Muzaffarid dynasty |
1314–1393 |
| Chupanid dynasty |
1337–1357 |
| Jalayerid dynasty |
1339–1432 |
| Timurid Empire |
1370–1506 |
| Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans |
1407–1468 |
| Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans |
1378–1508 |
| Safavid Empire |
1501–1722 |
| Mughal Empire |
1526–1857 |
| Hotaki dynasty |
1722–1729 |
| Afsharid dynasty |
1736–1750 |
| Zand Dynasty |
1750–1794 |
| Durrani Empire |
1794–1826 |
| Qajar Dynasty |
1794–1925 |
|
The House of Seljuq (Persian: سلجوقيان Saljūqīyān; Turkish: Selçuklular) was a Turkish Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually adopted Persian culture and contributed to the Turko-Persian tradition in the medieval West and Central Asia. The Seljuqs established both the Great Seljuq Empire and Sultanate of Rum, which at their total height stretched from Anatolia through Persia, and were targets of the First Crusade.