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altruism (iou) and Seljuq dynasty (sh)


altruism (iou)



altruism noun. M19.
[French altruisme (A. Comte), from Italian altrui somebody else: see -ISM.]
Regard for others as a principle of action; unselfishness.
altruist noun an altruistic person M19.
altru'istic adjective of, pertaining to, or practising altruism; unselfish: M19.
altru'istically adverb M19.

Seljuq dynasty (sh)




or Saljuq dynasty

(งใ 11th-13th centuries) Muslim Turkmen dynasty that ruled Persia, Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia.

Seljuq was the chief of a nomadic Turkish tribe. His grandsons Chaghri Beg and Toghr?l Beg conquered realms in Iran. Under Alp-Arslan and Malik-Shah, the empire came to include all of Iran, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine; Alp-Arslan's victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert led to several Crusades. Adherents of Sunnite Islam, the Seljuqs adopted Persian culture, and under them the Persian language partly displaced Arabic as a literary language in Iran. By 1200 Seljuq power remained only in their sultanate of Rum in Anatolia, which collapsed in a war against the Khwarezm-Shah dynasty in 1230 and was overrun by Mongols in 1243. See also Nizam al-Mulk.