Turks made up the bulk of the military class in the Seljuk Empire. Commanders, soldiers, beys (lords), and shihna (representatives of frontier nomads) were responsibilities dominated by Turkic men.

Jean Colombe via Wikimedia Commons under public domain Archaeologists from Dicle University have discovered the graves of Kilij Arslan I, the leader of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rūm who defeated ...

Credit: Türkiye Ministry of Culture Archaeological excavations at the historic Battle of Manzikert battlefield (modern-day Malazgirt in Turkey), where the Seljuks defeated the Byzantine Empire in 1071 ...

The Seljuks brought with them distinct cultural and architectural influence that left a lasting legacy across the Islamic world. As their empire expanded, encompassing Persia (the former name of Iran) ...