born с 990
died Sept. 4, 1063, Rayy, Iran
Founder of the Seljūq dynasty .
He and his brother Chagrï took refuge in Khwārezm in Central Asia after being defeated by Khorāsān (northeastern Iran), where they gradually built a power base, returning to defeat Maḥmūd's son (1040). Chagrï took over Khorāsān, and Toghrïl prepared to conquer the rest of Iran. In the 1040s he extended his authority to Rayy, Hamadān, and Eṣfahān, and in 1055 he entered Baghdad, where he had been commissioned by the caliph of the {{link=Abbasid dynasty">Abbāsid dynasty to overthrow the Shīʽite Fātimid dynasty . In 1060 Toghrïl crushed a rebellion in Baghdad.