# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/seljuk
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:12:45.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/seljuk"
name: "Seljuk"
slug: "seljuk"
description: "An Oghuz Turk warlord who died around the turn of the 11th century, now remembered because an entire dynasty carried his name forward for centuries."
tagline: "Ruler of Seljuk Turks"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Male_royal_figure%2C_12-13th_century%2C_from_Iran.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "990"
deathDate: "1038"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.79
  momentum:             3.8558498907634
  historical:           22.31726266666667
  currentAttention:     20.57877813504824
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Seljuk"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82"
    title: "سلجوق بن دقاق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Səlcuq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA"
    title: "Сельджук"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "সেলজুক বেগ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seljuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seldschuk"
    title: "Seldschuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Selyuq"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuk"
    title: "Seljuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سلجوق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seld%C5%BEuk"
    title: "Seldžuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seldjouk"
    title: "Seldjouk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A7"
    title: "סלג'וק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սելջուկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seljuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Салжұқ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%85%80%EC%A3%BC%ED%81%AC"
    title: "셀주크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA"
    title: "Селжук"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saljuk"
    title: "Saljuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seltsjoek"
    title: "Seltsjoek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selchuk"
    title: "Selchuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82"
    title: "سلجوق بن دقاق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Seljuk led a band of Oghuz warriors in Central Asia during the late 10th and early 11th centuries. He died around 1007 or 1009, but his sons and grandsons built an empire that stretched from Anatolia to Persia. The dynasty they founded—named for him—would reshape the medieval Middle East and give its name to a Turkish town near ancient Ephesus.