| GREAT SELJUKIAN EMPIRE |
Period: 1040 - 1157 (117 Years) Founded By: Selçuk (Selchook) Bey Area Covered: Lakes Balkash and İssikh and agricultural terrain in the east; Mediterranean and Aegean Seas' Coastal Areas in the west; Lake Aral, Caspian Sea, Caucasus and Black Sea in the north; and, Arabian Sea including Saudi Arabia (10,000,000 sq.kms./3,861,022 Sq.miles). Emperors: Tuğrul Bey (1040 - 1063) Sultan Alp Arslan (1063 - 1072) Sultan Melik Shah I (1072 - 1092) Sultan Mahmud (1092 - 1093) Sultan Rükneddin Beryaruk (1093 - 1104) Sultan Melik Shah (1104 - 1105) Sultan Mehmed Tapar (1105 - 1118) Sultan Mu'izzeddin Sancar (1118 - 1157) |
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