Kerman Seljuk Sultanate

The Kerman Seljuk Sultanate (Persian: سلجوقیان کرمان Saljūqiyān-i Kerman) was a Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established in the parts of Kerman and Makran which had been conquered from the Buyid dynasty by the Seljuk Empire which was established by the Seljuk dynasty, which was of Oghuz Turkic origin. The founder of this dynasty, Kara Arslan Ahmad Qavurt who succeeded as ruler of the region after the surrender of Buyid leader Abu Kalijar Marzuban. For first time in this period, an independent state was formed in Kerman; eventually, after 150 years, with the invasion of the Oghuz leader Malik Dinar, the Kerman Seljuk Sultanate fell.

The government is the first powerful local government in the Kerman and Makran region, which, in addition to attaining political and security stability, would create economic prosperity in the provinces. It was during this period that the Silk Road burgeoned with the flourishing of the ports of Tiz, Hormuz and Kish, and this state, as the highway of this important economic road, would reap the tremendous wealth with the conditions it had created. Regarding scientific and social conditions, at this time, with the efforts of the shahs such as Muhammad-Shah II, the scientific and cultural centers were established in Kerman, which was far away from the main scientific centers, and so it became the regional intellectual center of the southeastern Iranian region. Kerman and Makran under the ruling of Seljuks, improved works in agriculture and animal husbandry, and also in commerce and trade.