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Tughril Beg's Entry into Baghdad and Establishment of the Seljuk Sultanate
In December 1055 Seljuk sultan Tughril Beg entered Baghdad, ending Buyid control of the Abbasid Caliphate and establishing Seljuk rule in Iraq and Pe…
Timeline
- 1055Hamadan–Baghdad corridor · IranTughril Beg advanced eastward from western Persia, gradually seizing Buyid strongholds in Iraq; the last Buyid emir al-Malik al-Rahim could not resist, and Baghdad's gates lay open.
- 1055Baghdad · MesopotamiaIn December 1055 Tughril Beg formally entered Baghdad; Abbasid caliph al-Qa'im granted him the title 'King of East and West', and the Seljuks took over Iraq's political center as Sunni protectors.
- 1056Baghdad · MesopotamiaThe Seljuks restored Sunni orthodoxy in Baghdad, reorganized the bureaucracy and military, and established long-term control over Mesopotamia through a sultan–caliph co-rule model, laying the groundwork for later campaigns into Anatolia and Syria.
Sources
- The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods — J. A. Boyle et al. (1968)