«دانشنامه بریتانیکا». ص. As early as the ۱۰th century, irregular groups of Turkmen warriors (also called Oğuz, Ghuzz, or Oghuz), originally from Central Asia, began to move into Azerbaijan and to encroach upon the Armenian principalities of Vaspurakan, Taik, and Ani along the easternmost border of the Byzantine Empire٫ Armenian historians of this period speak of their adversaries as “long-haired Turkmens armed with bow and lance on horses which flew like the wind٫.
«دانشنامه بریتانیکا». ص. founded an "empire" that included Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and most of Iran٫ Their advance marked the beginning of Turkish power in the Middle East٫.
"Oğuz | people". Encyclopedia Britannica (به انگلیسی). Retrieved 2020-06-06.
«Encyclopaedia Britannica». ص. Under the sultans Alp-Arslan and Malik-Shāh, the Seljuq empire was extended to include all of Iran and Mesopotamia and Syria, including Palestine٫ In ۱۰۷۱ Alp-Arslan defeated an immense Byzantine army at Manzikert and captured the Byzantine emperor Romanus IV Diogenes٫ The way was open for Turkmen tribesmen to settle in Asia Minor٫.
«دانشنامه بریتانیکا». ص. Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor) that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the ۱۵th and ۱۶th centuries.
«Encyclopaedia Iranica». ص. Although a suitable Arab genealogy was created for them, the Sunni Rasulid house (۱۲۲۸-۱۴۵۴) appears to have stemmed from an Oḡuz (see ḠOZZ) Turkic clan, the Menjik (Menčik), a personal name also found among the Mamluks (Rásonyi and Baski, II, pp٫ ۵۳۸-۳۹).
«Encyclopaedia Iranica». ص. In the eleventh century the “Tūrān defeated Ērān” and a broad wave of Oghuz Turks flooded first Khorasan, then all the rest of Iran, and finally Anatolia, which they made a base for vast conquests٫ The Oghuz have always been the most important and numerous group of the Turks; in Iran they have assimilated many Turks of other origins and even Iranians٫.
