Seljuk (warlord)

Seljuk
Bey
Diedc. 1007[1] or 1009 (age 100/107)
Jand
Burial
Unknown, possibly near Jand, Kazakhstan[1]
Issue
HouseSeljuk dynasty
FatherTuqaq
Religion
  • Previously: Possibly Judaism or Nestorian Christian
  • Later: Sunni Islam

Seljuk (died c. 1007 or 1009), variously romanized, was an Oghuz Turk warlord. He was the eponymous founder of the Seljuk dynasty and the namesake of Selçuk, the modern town near the ruins of ancient Ephesus in Turkey.

  1. ^ a b ÖZAYDIN, ABDÜLKERİM (2009). "SELÇUK BEY". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 36 (Sakal – Sevm) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies. ISBN 978-975-389-566-8.