Seljouk

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Seljouk

(historical) Obsolete form of Seljuk, Seljuk Bey.
- 1854, J. Cumming, "Signs of the Times: The Moslem and His End, the Christian and His Hope", "The Ottoman Empire", The Church of England Quarterly Review..., Vol. XXXVI (New Ser. Vol. II), p. 189:
  Seljouk was the prime minister of Sultân Bighoû, sovereign of Kipjak; he established himself, with his tribe, in the countries of Samarcand and Bokhara, where they became converted to the religion of Islâm.

Seljouk (plural Seljouks)

(historical) Obsolete form of Seljuk, a member of the dynasty or person of the empire.
- 1907, V.H. Hagopian, Ottoman-Turkish Conversation-Grammar..., page 421:
  Why Persian rather than Arabian or any other literature became the model of Ottoman writers, is explained by the early history of the race. Some two centuries before the arrival of the Turks in Asia Minor, the Seljouks, then a mere horde of savages, had overrun Persia, where they settled and adopted the civilization of the people they had subdued.

Seljouk (not comparable)

(historical) Obsolete form of Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
- 1907, V.H. Hagopian, Ottoman-Turkish Conversation-Grammar..., page 421:
  Those who desire to read the exploits of those great Seljouk conquerors, Togrul-beg, Alp-Arslan, (the lion), and Malek Shah, we refer to the volume of Gibbon, who has rendered their fame immortal.