Exploring Islamic History & Culture
Sultan Tugril was the son of Mikail Beg and grandson of Seljuk. Tughril and his brother Chagri Beg founded the Seljuk dynasty (after their grandfather's name), which later became the Great Seljuk Empire. Seljuk was the military commander of the Og ...
BACKGROUND Around the year 1038 CE, a Turkomen leader Tughril along with his brother Chagri Beg founded a Turkish state in the eastern Iranian city of Nishapur. In no time, the newly born state captured the parts of central Asia and Afghanistan, much ...
Today on the 27th of November in 1095 CE, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. Pope Urban seeing an opportunity to reunite the Eastern and Western churches, called for a Truce of God among the rulers of Europe and urged th ...