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- Persia & Central Asia
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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
The empire
طغرل وألب أرسلان وملكشاه: من مرو إلى بغداد.
Nizam al-Mulk
الوزير المؤسس: النظاميات وسياسة الملوك.
Manzikert
1071: ألب أرسلان يفتح الأناضول.
Rum Seljuks
قونية عاصمة: سنين من العمارة والصوفية.
The Nizamiyya
مدارس بغداد ونيسابور: مهد الغزالي.
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Overview
A path through the Seljuk century: Tughril Beg enters Baghdad, Nizam al-Mulk builds the madrasas, and the Seljuks of Rum open Anatolia.
Sources
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islam.museum contributors. “The Seljuk Age”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-seljuk-age/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.