The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seljukian \Sel*juk"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced
Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to
that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded
by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the
10th to the 13th century.
--J. H. Newman.
Usage examples of "seljukian".
The Seljukian Sultans, who had been called to the assistance of the Commanders of the Faithful, had become, like the Mayors of the palace in France, the real sovereigns of the Empire.
Out of the dominions of the successors of the Prophet, they had carved four kingdoms, which conferred titles on four Seljukian Princes, to wit, the Sultan of Bagdad, the Sultan of Persia, the Sultan of Syria, and the Sultan of Roum, or Asia Minor.
The whole of the great way of the city was filled with the Seljukian warriors.
Zendecan, and named the Seljukian sultan his temporal vicegerent over the Moslem world.
In a second visit to Bagdad, the Seljukian prince again rescued the caliph from his enemies and devoutly, on foot, led the bridle of his mule from the prison to the palace.
But the most interesting conquest of the Seljukian Turks was that of Jerusalem, which soon became the theatre of nations.
The troops of Trebizond fought in the army of Dschelaleddin, the Karismian, against Alaleddin, the Seljukian sultan of Roum, but as allies rather than vassals, p.
The sultans of Iconium opposed some resistance to the Mogul arms, till Azzadin sought a refuge among the Greeks of Constantinople, and his feeble successors, the last of the Seljukian dynasty, were finally extirpated by the khans of Persia.
But now the Seljukian Turks are emerging from the depths of Asia, taking the place of the degenerate Saracens, invading the Eastern empire and conquering Jerusalem.
They served first as hired soldiers, but were finally united by their leader, Seljuk, into a strong people called the Seljukian Turks.
For the conquests of Orchan over the ten pachaliks, or kingdoms of the Seljukians, in Asia Minor.
Iconium the ancient kingdom of the Seljukians again revived in the Ottoman dynasty.
Their tyrants, the Seljukian sultans, had followed the common law of the Asiatic dynasties, the unceasing round of valor, greatness, discord, degeneracy, and decay.
Their tyrants, the Seljukian sultans, had followed the common law of the Asiatic dynasties, the unceasing round of valor, greatness, discord, degeneracy, and decay.