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30 - Al-Dawla Al-Nizamiyya

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After Melik Shah's ascension to the throne, Nizam ul-Mulk seizes control of the state, inaugurating a period of history termed "Al-Dawla Al-Nizamiyya" or "the State of the Nizam." The vizierate is now above the sultanate. Melik Shah finishes his father's work in conquering Transoxiana from the Karakhanids, and then retires to the palaces of Esfahan - as Nizam ul-Mulk entrenches his control of the state. And as the state continues to "cook" as the Chinese would have said, the wild Turkmen are pushed out to the frontiers, settling in Anatolia and conquering all of the Levant, even invading Egypt. The Great Seljuk Empire enters its golden age, but the seeds of its destruction are planted...

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After Melik Shah's ascension to the throne, Nizam ul-Mulk seizes control of the state, inaugurating a period of history termed "Al-Dawla Al-Nizamiyya" or "the State of the Nizam." The vizierate is now above the sultanate. Melik Shah finishes his father's work in conquering Transoxiana from the Karakhanids, and then retires to the palaces of Esfahan - as Nizam ul-Mulk entrenches his control of the state. And as the state continues to "cook" as the Chinese would have said, the wild Turkmen are pushed out to the frontiers, settling in Anatolia and conquering all of the Levant, even invading Egypt. The Great Seljuk Empire enters its golden age, but the seeds of its destruction are planted...

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