THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES DURING THE SELJUK SULTAN SANJAR PERIOD

Abstract

n. This article discusses the scholars who worked during the dynasty that ruled under the name of the “Great Seljuk Empire” in the XI-XII centuries, their works, and their greatcontribution to the development of Islamic 
civilization. The article also discusses the activities of Nizamiyya madrasahs, which were famous in the middle ages. There are many studies on the scientific and intellectual life of the Seljuk State in the periods of Alp Arslan 
and Melikshah. Hovewer, the period of Sultan Sanjar has not been studied as a whole except for a few articles. The enlightenment of the Great Seljuk period reached its peak after Sultan Melikshah during the reign of Sultan Sanjar. Sultan Sanjar himself had surpassed his ancestors in every way in his patronage of science and enlightenment. Although his reign distingueshes with the battles against various misguided sects science also did not cease. On the contrary, the sultan himself sought to create conditions for all the sciences in the kingdom. With the need arising from 
this situation, it is aimed to examine the scientific and intellectual structure of the Sultan Sanjar period with this study. During the reign of Sultan Sanjar, the scholars in the geography of Khorasan and Mawarannahr (Transoxania), their works, studies, innovations, and intellectual life will be examined. Within the framework of the scientific environment provided by Sultan Sanjar and his contributions to Islamic civilization, the point where the Seljuks brought the scientific heritage they took over and how they achieved this will be analyzed.