985
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♦ The Turkic-speaking Seljuks (led by Seljuk) invade Transoxania (Ilkhan)
and convert to Sunnite Islam
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995
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♦ Gurgandj (Kunya-Urgench, Turkmenistan) becomes the capital of the
Khorezmshakh state
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1038
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♦ The Seljuks, led by Toghrul Beg/ Tugrul Bey, defeat the Ghaznavids at
Dandanaqan (near Merv)
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1042
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♦ The Seljuks conquer Khorezm
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1048
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♦ Turk nomads raid the Byzantine empire for the first time
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1055
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♦ The Seljuks (Sunni), led by Toghrul Beg, defeat the Buyids (Shiite),
invade Mesopotamia and install themselves in Baghdad under the
suzerainty of the Abbasids
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1064
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♦ The Seljuk king Alp Arslan moves the capital to Ray (Tehran)
♦ The Seljuks invade Armenia
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1071
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♦ The Seljuqs led by sultan Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine army at the
battle of Malazgird, capture Jerusalem and establishing a sultanate in
central Anatolia with capital in Iznik (Nicaea)
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1072
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♦ The Seljuks move the capital from Ray (Tehran) to Isfahan but Alp
Arslan dies, succeeded by his son Maliksah
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1073
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♦ The Seljuks defeat the Qarakhanids, taking Bukhara and Samarkand
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1076
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♦ The Seljuks invade Syria and Palestine
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1079
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♦ The Seljuks take Damascus
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1085
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♦ The Seljuks take Antioch and Aleppo
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1097
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♦ The Seljuks move their capital to Konya
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1141
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♦ The Karakitai defeat the Seljuqs at the battle of Qatwan, thus destroying
Seljuks power in Central Asia
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1153
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♦ The Khwarazmis (Turkish mercenaries) conquer Persia from the Seljuks
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1157
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♦ Seljuks’ sultan Sancar dies
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