Judi now claims the artifact could be connected to the Seljuk Empire. The Seljuks were a Muslim Turco-Persian dynasty that ...

Pope Urban II’s call for a crusade to the Holy Land saw an astonishing response across Western Europe. A desire for wealth, adventure, and salvation saw the launch of the First Crusade in 1096. Three ...

The Seljuk rulers (1038-1194) added two iwans to the north, while the Safavid dynasty (1501-1732) contributed the southern and western iwans, along with arcades. The Qajar period (1779-1924) saw ...

However, as he lived and produced his works under the Seljuk Empire, now modern day Turkey, he is also considered a national icon there. Rumi was a Sufi poet, theologian and teacher who was born ...