Seljuk consolidation of rule in Persia in the 1050s

Name: Seljuk consolidation of rule in Persia in the 1050s
Start: 1050
End: 1059

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1050–1059

In the 1050s, under Tughrul Beg the Seljuk Turks integrated vast territories of western and central Persia, made Isfahan their capital, and built a s…

Timeline

1050–1053Khorasan · Northeastern IranTughrul Beg continued expanding, consolidating control over Khorasan and old territories in eastern Iran, eliminating local separatism and unifying military command.
1051Isfahan · Central IranAround 1051 Tughrul Beg moved the capital to Isfahan, building the sultan's palace and administrative center there; Persia became the core of Seljuk power.
1054–1059Isfahan · Central IranThe Seljuks implemented a Persian civil bureaucracy headed by the vizier in Persia, integrating taxes and iqta military fiefs, accumulating strength for the advance on Baghdad in 1055 and subsequent expansion.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods — J. A. Boyle et al. (1968)