Seljuk Turks

The Seljuk Turks Were a Muslim Turkish Dynasty That Ruled The Near East from 1030 to 1308 when the mongols anexed Rum. They are most remembered for being the winners of the battle of Manzekert and the Cause of the First Crusade

Slejuk Beginings
The Seljuk Empire started in 1037 under Tughril I, He expaned the empire in to persia and he also made the Abbasid Caliphite his Client state. in 1071 the Greatest roman defeat since Teutoburg Forest famos Battle of Manzekert happend. the emperer Romanos IV was Captured, and the selqukuks soon captrued all of anatolia [Save for Sinople and Trebizand