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Seljuk Sultanate of Iraq (1180s)

Type Event Region The whole world Time 1181–1190

In the 1180s the Seljuk Sultanate of Iraq, centered around Baghdad, maintained control of central Iraq and western Persia under the nominal overlords…

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  1. 1181–1186Isfahan · IranThe last Great Seljuk Sultan Tughril III (r. 1174–1194), based in Isfahan, nominally ruled the Seljuk branches of Iraq and Persia, but local sultans were effectively autonomous, and the co-rule of Baghdad by the Iraqi Sultanate and the Abbasid caliph grew increasingly loose.
  2. 1186–1190Baghdad · IraqIn the later 1180s the Iraqi Seljuk Sultanate faced pressure from Ayyubid eastward expansion and the resurgence of the caliphal court, weakening its military control; emir separatism intensified, Seljuk rule in Iraq became nominal only, and the empire's disintegration was evident.

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