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Tughril Beg

Also called: Tughrul, Toghrul

Sultan who founded the Seljuk Empire; he entered Baghdad in 1055, drove out the Buyids and was recognised as sultan by the Abbasid caliph

From the Seljuk family of the Oghuz Turks of Central Asia, he led his tribe into Khurasan with his brother Chaghri. Defeating the Ghaznavids at Dandanaqan in 1040, he spread his power across the Iranian plateau. In 1055 he entered Baghdad and drove out the Shia Buyids, was recognised by the caliph as sultan and posed as protector of Sunni Islam. Having no son, he was succeeded by his nephew Alp Arslan.

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1055Seljuk Turks Enter Baghdadleader
Tughril Beg of the Seljuk Turks entered Baghdad, drove out the Shia Buyids, and was recognised by the Abbasid caliph as sultan.

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The Rise of the Islamic WorldAD 570 – 1055
From the revelation to Muhammad to the Seljuk entry into Baghdad — 450 years in which a new faith from Arabia built a civilisation stretching from Iberia to Central Asia and reached as far as Silla by sea
Turkic-Islamic Empires and Other Civilizations1000 – 1533
From the Ghaznavid raids on India to the Mughal Empire and Suleiman I — five centuries in which Turkic-led Islamic empires took western Asia and India, while Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas raised civilisations of their own