Seljuk

A history of the Seljuks.

This exhibition explores the art and culture of the Turks from Inner Asia to the Bosphorus over a thousand year period from 600 to 1600 AD. Their journey incorporated many different centres of power and artistic traditions. The story begins with the Uighurs, a nomadic people of Central Asia and China, and ends with the Ottoman Empire from the reign of Mehmet II to Suleyman the Magnificent including the fall of Byzantium and the spread of Ottoman rule to include Mecca and Medina.