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Seljuks conquers Baghdad
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Seljuks conquers Baghdad


1055 Jan 1

Seljuks conquers Baghdad

Baghdad, Iraq
Seljuks conquers Baghdad
Seljuks conquers Baghdad. © HistoryMaps

After a series of victories, Tughril conquered Baghdad, the seat of the caliphate, and ousted the last of the Buyid rulers. Tughril is declared sultan (of Great Seljuk Sultanate) by the caliph Al-Qa'im. Like the Buyids, the Seljuks kept the Abbasid caliphs as figureheads.

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