Salghurids
Salghurids سلغُریان | |||||||||
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| 1148–1282 | |||||||||
Map of the Salghurids in 1180 CE. | |||||||||
| Status | Atabegate | ||||||||
| Capital | Shiraz | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (official, court literature) Turkic (ruling dynasty) | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Atabeg | |||||||||
• 1148–1161 | Sunqur ibn Mawdud | ||||||||
• 1264–1282 | Abish Khatun | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1148 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1282 | ||||||||
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The Salghurids (Persian: سلغُریان), also known as the Atabegs of Fars (اتابکان فارس), were a Persianate dynasty of Salur Turkoman origin that ruled Fars, first as vassals of the Seljuks then for the Khwarazm Shahs in the 13th century.