Seljuk (leader)

Seljuk
Bey
Diedc. 1007 or 1009 (age 100/107)
Jand
Burial
Unknown, possibly near Jand, Kazakhstan
IssueArslan Isra'il
Mikail Yabghu
Musa Yabghu
Yusuf Yabghu
HouseSeljuk dynasty
FatherTuqaq
Religion

Seljuk (died c. 1007 or 1009), variously romanized, was an Oghuz Turk warlord. He was the eponymous founder of the Seljuk dynasty and the namesake of Selçuk, the modern town near the ruins of ancient Ephesus in Turkey.