Saljuks

Saljuks settled in Azerbaijan during

• Safavids and Nadir Empire

• Rawadids and Shadadids

• Ildenidz

• Sasanids Empire

Describe Saljuks:

Show Seljuks' origin?

who were they?

• They were from the Oghuz tribe, mainly Turkish

• They came from Ukrain, They were Slavs

• They came From Europe

• They were Mongol people

Seljuks helped Azerbaijani states in:

• They were used as a united Muslim force to fight against their enemies

• They were used to invade neighboring states

• They were paying tribute to Rawadids

• They made all Azerbaijani lands dependant on them

Who founded the Seljuk Empire?

• Togrul bey

• Cagri bey

• Seljuk bey

• Alp Arslan bey

Seljuks ended these two Azerbaijani states:

• Rawadids

• Sajids

• Shadadids

• Salarids

The attack of Seljuks on Shirvan ended in:

• They were under Seljuks control

• Shirvanshah state ended

• Shah title was taken from Ferburz

• They showed resistance and did not give up

Seljuks' contributions to Azerbaijan

• Single currency

• people were converted into Muslims

• measurement system

• use of national language