File:Seljuk Empire locator map.svg

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Summary

A map showing the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seljuk_Empire" title="Category:Seljuk Empire">Great Seljuk Empire</a> at its height, upon the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Shah_I" class="extiw" title="en:Malik Shah I">Malik Shah I</a> in 1092.

  • The capital of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Great_Seljuk_Empire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Great Seljuk Empire">Great Seljuk Empire</a> is shown at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Isfahan" title="Category:Isfahan">Ishfahan</a> (Persia/Iran).
    The borders of present-day countries are shown in gray.
    The lighter colour in the top right represents <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakhanids" class="extiw" title="w:Karakhanids">Karakhanids</a>.
  • "In 1089, Malik Shah returned to the charge, occupied Bukhara, captured Sarakand, and imprisoned the Karakhanid Ahmed . . . whom he later reinstated as client-ruler. From that time forward, the Karakhanids who reigned in Bukhara and Samarkand did so as lieutenants of the Seljuk sultans. Transoxiana was now no more than a dependency of the Seljuk Empire."
    (Grousset p. 147.)
  • Other areas such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Danishmends" class="extiw" title="w:en:Danishmends">Danishmends</a> are not shown separately.
  • The locations of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Battle_of_Manzikert" title="Category:Battle of Manzikert">Battle of Manzikert</a> (1071) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_Dandanaqan" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of Dandanaqan">Battle of Dandanaqan</a> (1040) are also shown.

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current11:20, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 11:20, 3 January 2017800 × 488 (161 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)A map showing the <b><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seljuk_Empire" title="Category:Seljuk Empire">Great Seljuk Empire</a></b> at its height, upon the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Shah_I" class="extiw" title="en:Malik Shah I">Malik Shah I</a> in 1092. <ul><li>The capital of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Great_Seljuk_Empire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Great Seljuk Empire">Great Seljuk Empire</a> is shown at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Isfahan" title="Category:Isfahan">Ishfahan</a> (Persia/Iran).<br>The borders of present-day countries are shown in gray.<br>The lighter colour in the top right represents <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakhanids" class="extiw" title="w:Karakhanids">Karakhanids</a>.</li></ul> <ul> <li> <i>"In 1089, Malik Shah returned to the charge, occupied Bukhara, captured Sarakand, and imprisoned the Karakhanid Ahmed . . . whom he later reinstated as client-ruler. From that time forward, the Karakhanids who reigned in Bukhara and Samarkand did so as lieutenants of the Seljuk sultans. Transoxiana was now no more than a dependency of the Seljuk Empire."</i><br>(Grousset p. 147.)</li> <li>Other areas such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Danishmends" class="extiw" title="w:en:Danishmends">Danishmends</a> are not shown separately.</li> <li>The locations of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Battle_of_Manzikert" title="Category:Battle of Manzikert">Battle of Manzikert</a> (1071) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_Dandanaqan" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of Dandanaqan">Battle of Dandanaqan</a> (1040) are also shown.</li> </ul>
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