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    Great Seljuk architecture, or simply Seljuk architecture, refers to building activity that took place under the Great Seljuk Empire (11th–12th centuries)...
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  • Seljuk architecture may refer to: Great Seljuk architecture (11th–12th centuries, mostly in Iran, Central Asia, and nearby regions) Anatolian Seljuk architecture...
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    Anatolian Seljuk architecture, or simply Seljuk architecture, refers to building activity that took place under the Sultanate of Rum (late 11th to 13th...
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  • The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch...
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    over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rûm) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert...
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    The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids (/ˈsɛldʒʊk/ SEL-juuk; Persian: سلجوقیان Saljuqian, alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), Seljuqs, also known as...
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    the Seljuk tradition of architecture largely persisted and continued to evolve under these new rulers. Decoration in Anatolian Seljuk architecture was...
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    Tomb of Ahmad Sanjar (category Seljuk architecture)
    secular Seljuk funerary architecture. Its squat proportions and hexadecagonal surrounding of the outer dome would influence later works of architecture. The...
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    that it was further developed in subsequent Great Seljuk architecture, as seen in the Seljuk domes of the Great Mosque of Isfahan (1088). Other scholars...
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  • Great Rebuilding Great room Great Seljuk architecture Greek Baths Greek Revival architecture Green building Gridshell Grille (architecture) Grillwork Groin...
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    13th centuries was essentially Seljuk architecture built with local Iraqi craftsmanship. Much of Abbasid art and architecture has been lost over time due...
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    While the apogee of the Great Seljuks was short-lived, it represents a major benchmark in the history of Islamic art and architecture in Iran and Central...
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    century by the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah I over an older mosque. According to some, it is the fifth holiest site in Islam after the Great Mosque of Damascus...
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    access to the top. Its style is close to the minarets of earlier Great Seljuk architecture in the region of Iran. It has a cylindrical shaft which, unusually...
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  • techniques, Seljuk pottery was able to accelerate in production, which made way for new designs, motifs, and patterns to emerge. The Seljuk (Seljuq) Empire...
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    built as a madrasa known as Madrasa al-Nouri, which was commissioned by the Seljuk ruler Nour ad-Din ibn Ezzadeen in the late-12th century. It became a mausoleum...
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    competing beyliks ruled by local Turkish dynasties and offshoots of the Seljuk dynasty. In the 12th century, the Mengujekids or Mengücek dynasty controlled...
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    original works particularly in architecture. Wood and stone carving, clay tiles and other similar decorative arts of the Seljuks were still used, however with...
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    Kharraqan towers (category Seljuk architecture)
    approximately 900 years. Iranian architecture Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Great Seljuk Architecture History of Persian domes Grabar...
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    "classical" age of Central Asian architecture.: 354  The apogee of the Great Seljuks was short-lived, but their architectural patronage was an important stage...
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  • This is an incomplete list of battles fought by the Seljuk Empire. ( Color legend for the location of the battle ) Bosworth 1968, p. 19. Ibn al-Athir 2002...
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    Minaret (category Mosque architecture)
    decoration up the level of their balconies.: 372  Ottoman architecture followed earlier Seljuk models and continued the Iranian tradition of cylindrical...
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    Indo-Islamic architecture (1204–1857) Mughal architecture (1526–1707) Turkey Anatolian Seljuk architecture (1071–1299) Ottoman architecture (1299–1922)...
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    developed from earlier Seljuk Turkish architecture, with influences from Byzantine and Iranian architecture along with other architectural traditions in the...
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    following the conquests of Alexander the Great; Hellenization continued during the Roman and Byzantine eras. The Seljuk Turks began migrating into Anatolia...
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    Emirates. Tradition holds that Nur ad-Din Zangi, a Turkoman atabeg of the Great Seljuk Empire and sultan of its Syrian province, built the mosque in 1172–1173...
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    arrival of the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century, Seljuk architecture mixed Islamic architecture with other styles of local architecture in Anatolia. The...
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    Caravanserai (category Architecture in Iran)
    architecture from the Sassanid period Orbelian's Caravanserai, 1332, Armenia List of caravanserais List of caravanserais in Azerbaijan List of Seljuk...
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    Iwan (category Mosque architecture)
    Erzurum, Turkey, a variation of the four-iwan plan in Anatolian Seljuk architecture Four-iwan layout at the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan (14th century)...
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    innovated and influenced nascent Islamic architecture, with other major mosque complexes, including the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain and the al-Azhar...
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