Seljuq weakness after 1150 enables various Turkmen …
Years: 1151 - 1151
Seljuq weakness after 1150 enables various Turkmen leaders to establish their own principalities along the fringes of the empire of Rum, where they act as ghazis, or warriors for the faith of Islam, against the infidels.
Locations
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Turkmen people
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Rûm, Sultanate of
- Seljuq Empire, Western capital
