Salghurids

Salghurids
سلغُریان
1148–1282
Map of the Salghurids in 1180 CE.[1]
Map of the Salghurids in 1180 CE.[1]
StatusAtabegate
CapitalShiraz
Common languagesPersian (official, court literature)[2][3]
Turkic (ruling dynasty)
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Atabeg 
• 1148–1161
Sunqur ibn Mawdud
• 1264–1282
Abish Khatun
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
1148
• Disestablished
1282
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Seljuk Empire
Ilkhanate

The Salghurids (Persian: سلغُریان), also known as the Atabegs of Fars (اتابکان فارس), were a Persianate[4] dynasty of Salur[5] Turkoman origin[6] that ruled Fars, first as vassals of the Seljuks then for the Khwarazm Shahs in the 13th century.

  1. ^ Boyle (Ed.), J. A. (1958). The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 188, Map 4. ISBN 9781139054973.
  2. ^ Katouzian 2007, p. 128.
  3. ^ Khanbaghi 2016, p. 205.
  4. ^ de Nicola 2020, p. 281.
  5. ^ Spuler 1987, pp. 894–896.
  6. ^ Bosworth 1995, p. 978.