Islamic Rulers
Iran under Seljuks
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IRAN under SELJUKS | |||
| DYNASTY | LOCATION | DATES | NOTES |
Great Seljuq  |
see right | 1038 - 1157 | Turks from Central Asia who moved into Iran and Iraq |
| Seljuks of Kirman | south/central Iran | 1048 - 1183 | |
| Seljuq Governors of Hamadan | western Iran | 1074 - 1119 | |
| Amirs of Nishapur | north east corner of Iran | 1161 - 1185 | vassals of Seljuks, later Khwarizmshahs |
| Khwarizmshahs (Anushteginid) | Khorezm, Uzbekistan | 1127 - 1231 | Turkish dynasty, originally Seljuk governors in Khwarizm Ala al-Din Muhammed 1200 - 1220 Malik (as governor) 1221 (this issue) |
| Amir of Balkh | northern Afghanistan | 1220 - 1221 | |
| Amir of Wakhsh | part of Tajikstan | 1200 - 1221 | |
| Ghorid (Shansabanid) | see right | 1149 - 1215 (vassals from 1011) | from around Ghur in central Afghanistan, took over from the Ghaznavids, and led to the establishment of the Sultanate of Delhi (1193) Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad bin Sam 1163 - 1203 |
| Ghorid of Bamiyan | Afghanistan, Hindu Kush | 1145 - 1215 | (site of the destruction of Buddhas by the Taliban) |
| Sultans of Sind | Pakistan, mouth of the Indus | 1203 - 1223 | |
| Qarlughid | Ghazna and Sind, Afghanistan and Pakistan | 1224 - 1228 | |
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Iran - early period
Iran under Seljuks
Atabegs
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Tamerlane
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