Definition of "Saljuq"
Saljuq
proper noun
(historical) Alternative form of Seljuk, Seljuk Bey.
Quotations
According to the Malik-Nāma, [...] the progenitor of the Saljuq family was one Duqaq, called Temür-Yalïgh ("iron-bow"). He and his son Saljuq served the "king of the Turks", i.e. the Yabghu, with Saljuq holding the important military office of Sü-Bashï.
1968, C. E. Bosworth, “The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)”, in The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 5, page 17
adjective
not comparable
(historical) Alternative form of Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
Quotations
In this forceful yet exquisitely balanced interior, what Schroeder termed the muscularity of Saljuq architecture finds classic expression.
1989, Ronald W. Ferrier, The Arts of Persia, page 87
noun
plural Saljuqs
(historical) Alternative form of Seljuk, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or person of their empire.
Quotations
Although the Saljuqs were foreign to the Perso-Arab population of the ʿAbbāsid empire by origin, their Muslim upbringing prepared them for a rapid acceptance of the cultural institutions of the Muslim world and the imperial tradition in its broad outlines.
1988, Ann K. S. Lambton, Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia, page 11