Seljook

1. historicalobsoleteObsolete form of Seljuk, Seljuk Bey.

   The sons of Seljook, when sultáns of a vast empire, retained the wandering habits of their ancestor, who pitched his shepherd's tent upon the banks of the Jihon.

   1833, Researches of the Rev. E. Smith and Rev. H.G.O. Dwight in Armenia

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   After subjecting the Arabians, they founded a vast empire, under the name of the Seljooks, or Seljoukians, so called from the name of Seljook, the first distinguished chief of this people.

   1838, Historical causes and effects

   The empire of Mahmoud declined after his death, owing to divisions and civil wars, but chiefly to the rise of the great Turkish tribe of the Seljookee, which was so called from the name of their renowned chief Seljook, who, being banished by his khan or chief from Turkistan, passed the Jaxartes with his numerous followers, and settled in the plains of Bokhara, in the neighbourhood of Samarcand, where he embraced the Mahometan religion.

   1853, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th ed., Vol. III, s.v. "Asia", p. 744

plural Seljooks

1. historicalobsoleteObsolete form of Seljuk, a member of the dynasty or person of the empire.

   After subjecting the Arabians, they founded a vast empire, under the name of the Seljooks, or Seljoukians, so called from the name of Seljook, the first distinguished chief of this people.

   1838, Historical causes and effects

1. historicalnot comparableobsoleteObsolete form of Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.

   At his death the Seljook empire was divided between his 4 sons, and soon a large number of independent sultanates was formed, which circumstance finally caused the ruin of the Seljook dominion.

   1885, Frederick A.P. Barnard & al., Johnson's New General Cyclopaedia..., s.v. "Seljooks or Seljuks"