A Socio-Cultural Approach to the Oghuz Rebellion in the Era of Sultan Sencer

Abstract

In the XI. century, The Great Seljuk Empire what was established on the one hand with the Oghuz’s struggles each other, on the other hand their attempts, similarly was broken down the result of civil strives of this people. The large part of these civil strives in the Seljuk Empires has consisted of the Oghuz rebellions, who was the founder people of the empire. The Oghuz rebellion in the era of Sultan Sencer was the strongest rebellion which caused to break down this state. Notably this rebellion, all the Oghuz rebellions in this era are the multidimensional historical issues and are related each other. In this study, the Oghuz rebellion, occurred as a result of the alienation of the Seljuk Empire, which Oghuz tribes had turned into a great empire with difficulty, by other Turkic tribes and Iranian elements who took part in the administrative and military structure, has discussed.

And political and socio-cultural factors underlying this rebellion have been analyzed. Throughout the study, the other Oghuz rebellions which attempted in the history of the Seljuk Empire have been researched. And it has been tried getting to the bottom of chaotic relations between the Oghuz tribes and their state. The political structure of the Oghuz rebellion of the Sencer era, the main subject of this study, has been analyzed starting from the Battle of Qatwan on the eve of the rebellion in order to present the historical context. Then, the atmosphere of war between Sultan Sencer and the Oghuz tribes, and his captivity have been evaluated. The socio-cultural reasons of the Oghuz rebellion which is the main topic the article have been judged in the final chapter of the study, independently And, the Oghuz people’s political crisis largely was based on their warrior and nomadic nature.