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Tughril

990 - 1063

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Abu Talib Muhammad Tughril ibn Mika'il (Persian: ابوطالبْ محمد طغرل بن میکائیل), better known as Tughril (طغرل / طغریل; also spelled Toghril / Tughrul), was a Turkoman chieftain, who founded the Seljuk Empire, ruling from 1037 to 1063. Tughril united many Turkoman warriors of the Central Asian steppes into a confederacy of tribes and led them in conquest of Khorasan and eastern Persia. He would later establish the Seljuk Sultanate after conquering Persia and taking the Abbasid capital of Baghdad from the Buyids in 1055. Tughril relegated the Abbasid Caliphs to state figureheads and took command of the caliphate's armies in military offensives against the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimids in an effort to expand his empire's borders and unite the Islamic world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tughril is the 57th most popular military personnel (down from 45th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Iran (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Military Personnel.

Tughril is most famous for leading the Seljuk Turks to victory in the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tughril ranks 57 out of 2,058. Before him are Seleucus I Nicator, Alfred Dreyfus, Germanicus, Isoroku Yamamoto, Lü Bu, and Gerd von Rundstedt. After him are Otto Skorzeny, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Mikhail Kutuzov, Baron Munchausen, Erich Ludendorff, and Roland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 990, Tughril ranks 1. After him are Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Nicholas II, Lady Godiva, Sancho III of Pamplona, Samuel Aba, Bi Sheng, Mieszko II Lambert, Jovan Vladimir, Gisela of Swabia, Stefan Vojislav, and Estrid Svendsdatter. Among people deceased in 1063, Tughril ranks 1. After him are Béla I of Hungary, Emperor Renzong of Song, Ramiro I of Aragon, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Richeza of Lotharingia, Catherine of Bulgaria, Constantine Leichoudes, Geoffrey I of Provence, and Albert II, Count of Namur.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Tughril ranks 25 out of 631. Before him are Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Cambyses II (-550), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), and Malik-Shah I (1055). After him are Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Tahmasp I (1514), Khosrow I (501), Ferdowsi (940), Nader Shah (1688), and Mansur Al-Hallaj (858).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iran

Among military personnels born in Iran, Tughril ranks 1. After him are Qasem Soleimani (1957), Bahram Chobin (600), Datis (-600), Hossein Salami (1960), Harpagus (-700), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Jalil Zandi (1951), Razi Mousavi (1962), and Nasser Shabani (1957).

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