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Ad-Din
Ad-Din ( ar, الْدِّين ' '(of) the Religion/Faith/Creed'), a suffix component of some Arabic names, meaning 'the religion/faith/creed', e.g. Saif al-Din ( ar, سيف الدّين, Sayf al-Dīn, Sword of the Faith). Varieties are also used in non-Arabic names throughout the Muslim world, It is used as a name-suffix by some royal Muslim families, including the imperial Seljuks, Mughals and the Alavid Hyderabadi Nawabs. The Arabic spelling in its standard transliteration is '','' due to the phonological rules involving "sun letter" ( ), the Arabic letter () is assimilated letter of the ِ Arabic definite article (). The first noun of the compound must have the ending -''u'' which according to the assimilation rules in Arabic – names in general is in the nominative case, assimilates the following ''a''-, thus manifesting into in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic. However, all the modern Arabic vernaculars lack the noun endings, thus the vowel of the definite article i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seljuk Dynasty
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; fa, سلجوقیان ''Saljuqian'', alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turkomans at the battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert) is taken as a turning point in the history of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire. or the Saljuqids, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to the Turco-Persian tradition in the medieval Middle East and Central Asia. The Seljuks established the Seljuk Empire (1037-1194), the Sultanate of Kermân (1041-1186) and the Sultanate of Rum (1074-1308), which at their heights stretched from Iran to Anatolia, and were the prime targets of the First Crusade. Early history The Seljuks originated from the Kinik branch of the Oghuz Turks, who in the 8th century lived on the periphery of the Muslim world, north of the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea in their Ogh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
