Meanings
- alternativehistoricalnot comparablerareAlternative form of Seljukid, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
The young (and naïve) Saljūqid commander, Isrā'īl, pledged his loyalty to the Ghaznavid.
2006, Omid Safi, The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam..., page 20
plural Saljūqids
- alternativehistoricalrareAlternative form of Seljukid, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or a person of their empire.
Najm al-Dīn himself became skilled in calligraphy, binding and gilding... as well as law and theology, and it was apparently as an artist that he entered the service of the Sulṭān Ṭughril, the last of the Saljūqids, who reigned from 571/1175 to 590/1194.
1953, Charles Ambrose Storey, Persian Literature, §3.4
Origin
- Arabicسَلْجُوق
- EnglishSaljūqid
From Saljūq + -id, from an unadapted borrowing of Arabic سَلْجُوق (saljūq).
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Saljūqid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salj%C5%ABqid
“Saljūqid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salj%C5%ABqid. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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