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Definition of Seljuk
1. Noun. Any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Seljuks.
Definition of Seljuk
1. Adjective. Designating certain Turkish dynasties which ruled large parts of Asia from the 11th to the 13th centuries, or the Turkish people associated with these dynasties (often as contrasted with (term Ottoman)). ¹
2. Noun. A member of this tribe or dynasty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seljuk
Literary usage of Seljuk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"In the eleventh century these seljuk Turks broke with irresistible force not in
... The seljuk Turks were orthodox Sunnites; they now swept down upon and ..."
2. Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography by Ralph W. Brauer (1995)
"To cite only two instances: In the second half of the eleventh century, both
before and after Manzikert, there can be little doubt that the seljuk rulers, ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"... Turks of the House of seljuk—Their Revolt against Mah- mud, Conqueror of
Hindostan—Togrul subdues Persia, and protects the Caliphs—Defeat and Captivity ..."
4. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"In their wake The , -iiii Turanian came the most terrible enemies of all, the
Turks, lirst ottoman the seljuk, then the Ottoman. Ethnologically they must be ..."
5. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"Turks. the neighbour of the seljuk Turks, in Europe of the ... The seljuk Turks
now reached the new Roman frontier. Plunder grew into conquest, ..."
6. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"In Asia it became the neighbour of the seljuk Turks, in Europe of the Magyars or
Hungarians, ... The seljuk Turks now reached the new Roman frontier. ..."
7. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"In Asia it became the neighbour of the seljuk Turks, in Europe of the Magyars or
Hungarians, ... The seljuk Turks now reached the new Roman frontier. ..."
8. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1881)
"In Asia it became the neighbour of the seljuk Turks, ... The seljuk Turks now
reached the new Roman frontier. Plunder grew into conquest, LOSS of and the ..."
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