seljuq

I`m working on a Korean Manchuria TL in which one of the effects is that the Liao dynasty is never pushed west by the Jin. This means, from what I've learned, that the Battle of Qatwan never happens, which means the Seljuk Turks remain powerful longer than OTL. This would have quite big...

So, recently, I've been reading on the Crusades from Islamic perspectives and the collapse of Seljuqid Empire. There's this guy, Malikshah, who was the sultan of Seljuk Empire at their peak with the aid of Nizam al-Mulk, after Alp Arslan conquest. He died in 1092, and his son(s) fought each...

Suppose that the Seljuks are defeated by the Ghaznavids at the Battle of Dandanaqan (1040), preventing the Seljuk invasions of the middle east or at least buying some time for the multiple iranian states to consolidate. What happens to... The Ghaznavids? The Buyids? The Abbasid Caliphate? The...

Malik Shah was the successor to Alp Arslan to the throne of the Seljuk Empire. He, however, only reigned for twenty years, before he was assassinated in 1092. It is suspected that it was the Abbasid caliph who ordered his death. After Malik's death, many claimants to the title of Seljuk sultan...

Would there still be crusades? After all, the crusades started after the Byzantine emperor asked for help. The situation in Syria/Palestine would develop differently if the Byzantines had won at Manzikert. Of course, the answer depends on what would happen after Manzikert. Would the Byzantine...