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English
Etymology
From Saljuq + -ian, from Arabic سَلْجُوق (Saljūq) and Persian سلجوق (Saljuq).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Saljuqian (not comparable)
- (historical, rare) Alternative form of Seljukian, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
- 2013, Percy Brown, Indian Architecture (The Islamic Period), p. 24:
- But as buildings in the Islamic mode gradually increased under the patronage of the ruling power at Delhi, it becomes noticeable that the Saljuqian influence declined, and an architectural movement from another source is not only blended with it, but, in the course of time, dominates it. This may be defined as as derived from the prevailing art of Persia, as it assumed form under the Timurid rulers of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Noun
Saljuqian (plural Saljuqians)
- (historical, rare) Alternative form of Seljukian, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or person of their empire.
- 2001, Akbar Shah Khan Najibabadi, History of Islam, Vol. II, p. 503:
- So when Saljuqians held their sway on Baghdad they controlled Syia too.