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researchers who were members of communities that lived
under Turkish rule for centuries. The Great Seljuk and
Ottoman empires, the two great Turkish examples of their
kind, spring to mind in this context. Numerous peoples who
lived under their rule enjoyed the maintenance of social justice
and lived in peace.

Khans of the Great Seljuk Empire

who Administered Justice
With the conversion of the Turks to Islam, khans (a title
given to the supreme rulers of Turkish tribes and Ottoman
sultans) and sultans ruled in the light of the Islamic teachings.
The spread of Islam witnessed praiseworthy
accomplishments, great conquests and many other important
contributions during the reign of these leaders, due to the
guidance of justice described in the Qur'an. In his book, The
Spread of Islam in the World, Sir Thomas Arnold, a British
researcher, explains the willingness of Christians to come
under Seljuk rule in these terms:
This same sense of security of religious life under Muslim rule led
many of the Christians of Asia Minor, also, about the same time, to
welcome the advent of the Saljuq Turks as their deliverers… In the
reign of Michael VIII (1261-1282), the Turks were often invited to
take possession of the smaller towns in the interior of Asia Minor
by the inhabitants, that they might escape from the tyranny of the
empire; and both rich and poor often emigrated into Turkish
dominions. 17

Malik Shah, the ruler of the Islamic Seljuk Empire during
its brightest age, was very careful to apply the judgments of