Conquest·Abbasid
Tughril Beg Enters Baghdad
- Date
- December 1055 CE447 AH971 years ago
- Place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- People
- Tughril Beg, Al-Qa'im
Tughril Beg, the Seljuk sultan, entered Baghdad in December 1055 and ended Buyid rule over the city. The Abbasid caliph al-Qa'im kept his office and religious role, but political power passed to the Seljuks. Tughril was a Sunni ruler who supported the madrasa system, and the caliph granted him the title of sultan.
Why it matters
The Seljuk takeover made the Abbasid caliphs political figureheads for the next two centuries.