Kerman Seljuk Sultanate

In addition, Kerman and Makran under ruling of Seljuk, grew in agriculture and Animal husbandry, and Progressed in Commerce and trade which led to improved economic and social conditions.

The Seljuqs originated from the Qynyk branch of the Oghuz Turks,[2][3][4][5][6] who in the 9th century lived on the periphery of the Muslim world, north of the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea in their Yabghu Khaganate of the Oghuz confederacy,[7] in the Kazakh Steppe of Turkestan.

[9] In the 11th century the Seljuqs migrated from their ancestral homelands into mainland Persia, in the province of Khurasan, where they encountered the Ghaznavid empire.

Tughril, Chaghri, and Yabghu received the insignias of governor, grants of land, and were given the title of dehqan.

[19] His vizier Nizam al-Mulk was even more worried for he had become the de facto ruler of the empire during young Malik Shah's reign.

The clash, the Battle of Kerj Abu Dulaf, was at a location known as Kerç kapı (or Kerec[20] ) close to Hamedan on 16 May 1073.

By 1186, however, Muhammad-Shah been unable to handle the Ghuzz, and he decided to abandon Bam and departed from Kerman.

[22] Muhammad-Shah at first hoped to receive foreign assistance to reacquire Kerman, and traveled to Fars and Iraq requesting help.

Muhammad abandoned Kerman, which fell into the hands of the Oghuz chief Malik Dinar.

Map of the Kirman Seljuk Sultanate in 1180 CE. [ 18 ]
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.