A shekara ta 977 AZ, Sabuktigin, gwamnan Turkawa karkashin Samanida, ya kafa daular Ghaznavid a Ghazna ( Afganistan ta zamani), wadda ta dade har zuwa shekara ta 1186 ^[.] A karshen karni na 10, a karshe suka mamaye wasu sassan Gabashin Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan , da arewa maso yammacin Indiya. Ana ganin Ghaznavids ne da gabatar da addinin Musulunci ga HinduIndiyawa , wanda mamayar mai mulki Mahmud ya fara a shekara ta 1000. Duk da haka, karfinsu a yankin ya ragu. , musamman bayan rasuwar Mahmud a shekara ta 1030, da kuma a shekara ta 1040, 'yan Seljuq sun mamaye kasar Ghaznavid a Iran.^[36]Seljuqs , asalin Turkawa da al'adun Farisa, sun mamaye Iran a ƙarni na 11.^{[34 <>]} Sun kafa daular Seljuq mai girma ta musulmin sunni, wadda ta taso daga Anatoliya zuwa yammacin Afganistan da iyakokinkasar Sin ta zamani.An san su a matsayin majibintan al'adu, sun yi tasiri sosai a fannin fasaha, adabi, da harshe na Farisa, kuma ana ganin su a matsayin magabata na al'adun Turkawa ta Yamma.Tughril Beg, wanda ya kafa daular Seljuq, da farko ya kai hari ga Ghaznavids a Khorasan tare da fadada daularsa ba tare da rusa garuruwan da aka mamaye ba.A cikin 1055, halifan Bagadaza ya amince da shi a matsayin Sarkin Gabas.Karkashin magajinsa, Malik Shah (1072-1092), da wazirinsa na Iran, Nizam al Mulk, daular ta sami farfadowar al'adu da kimiyya.Wannan lokacin ya ga kafa cibiyar lura inda Omar Khayyám ya yi aiki da kuma kafa makarantun addini.^[34]Bayan mutuwar Malik Shah na daya a shekara ta 1092, daular Seljuq ta wargaje saboda sabani na cikin gida tsakanin dan'uwansa da 'ya'yansa.Wannan rarrabuwar kawuna ta haifar da samuwar jihohi daban-daban, ciki har da Sarkin Musulmin Rûm a yankin Anatoliya da kuma masarautu daban-daban a Siriya da Iraki da Farisa.Rashin raunin ikon Seljuq a Iran ya share fagen tasowar wasu dauloli, da suka hada da juyin mulkin Abbasiyawa da aka farfado da Khwarezmshah, daular Farisa musulmi Sunni mai asalin Turkiya ta Gabas.A shekara ta 1194, Khwarezmshah Ala ad-Din Tekish ya fatattaki Sarkin Seljuq na karshe, wanda ya kai ga rugujewar daular Seljuq a Iran, in ban da Sultanate na Rûm.