Great Seljuk Empire (Without Islam)

The Great Seljuk Empire (Persian: امپراتوری سلجوقیان‎ Amprāturye Saljūkiyān, Turkish: Büyük Selçuklu Imperiyası), also called Seljukian Turk Empire or simply Seljukian Empire, was a medieval Turko-Persian empire, originating from the Qynyq branch of Oghuz Turks. The Seljukian Empire controlled a vast area stretching from the Hindu Kush to eastern Anatolia and from Central Asia to the Persian Gulf. From their homelands near the Aral sea, the Seljukian Turks advanced first into Khorasan and then into mainland Persia before eventually conquering eastern Anatolia and the Levant.