Seljuk Sultanate of Rum

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Sunni Muslim state Turko-Persian state medieval sultanate successor state of the Great Seljuk Empire

The Seljuk Sultanate of Rum was a medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim state in Anatolia that played a key role in the region’s political and cultural transformation before the rise of the Ottomans.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form As subject As object
Sultanate of Rum 0 5
Seljuk Turks 0 2
Konya, Sultanate of Rum 0 1
Rum Seljuk Sultanate 0 1
Seljuk Anatolia 0 1
Seljuk Empire 0 1
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (historical) 0 1
Seljuk period 0 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sunni Muslim state →
Turko-Persian state →
medieval sultanate →
successor state of the Great Seljuk Empire →
administrativeLanguage Persian →
architecturalStyle Seljuk architecture →
borderedBy Cilician Armenia →
surface form: Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

Byzantine Empire →
Crusader states →
capital Konya →
Nicaea →
commonLanguages Oghuz Turkic →
continent Asia →
country Anatolia →
courtLanguage Persian →
culturalInfluence Byzantine →
Islamic →
Persian →
currency dinar →
dirham →
endTime 1308 →
ethnicComposition Turkic →
foundedBy Suleiman ibn Qutulmish →
governmentType hereditary monarchy →
historicalEra High Middle Ages →
Late Middle Ages →
historicalRole precursor to the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia →
importantEvent Battle of Manzikert →
Battle of Myriokephalon →
First Crusade →
Mongol invasion of Anatolia →
knownFor Islamization of Anatolia →
Turkification of Anatolia →
caravanserais in Anatolia →
promotion of trade routes between Iran and the Mediterranean →
majorCity Antalya →
Kayseri →
Konya →
Sinop →
Sivas →
militarySystem ghulam-based army →
iqta land-grant system →
namedAfter Rome →
notableRuler Kaykaus I →
Kaykhusraw I →
Kaykhusraw II →
Kayqubad I →
Kilij Arslan I →
Kilij Arslan II →
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish →
officialLanguage Persian →
patronage Islamic art →
Persian literature →
Sufi institutions →
madrasas →
predecessor Byzantine Empire →
Seljuk Empire →
surface form: Great Seljuk Empire
religion Sunni Islam →
rulingDynasty Seljuk Empire →
surface form: Seljuk dynasty
startTime 1077 →
successor Beylik of Germiyan →
Beylik of Karaman →
Ottoman Beylik →
various Anatolian beyliks →
vassalOf Mongol Ilkhanate →
surface form: Ilkhanate

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seljuk architecture → associatedWithDynasty → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Rum
Osman I → birthPlace → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Rum
Rumi → citizenship → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Rum
Ancyra → controlledBy → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks
Yunus Emre → countryOfActivity → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
Osman I → countryOfCitizenship → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Rum
Karatay Medrese → culturalContext → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Seljuk Anatolia
Rumi → deathPlace → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Konya, Sultanate of Rum
Karatay Medrese → governingDynastyAtConstruction → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
Oghuz → historicalConfederation → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Rum Seljuk Sultanate
Konya → historicalEra → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Seljuk period
Karatay Medrese → locatedIn → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (historical)
Islamic Golden Age → majorDynasty → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Seljuk Empire
Cilician Armenia → neighbor → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
Iconium → partOf → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
Ottoman Empire → precededBy → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
Konya → wasCapitalOf → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Rum
Asia Minor → wasConqueredBy → Seljuk Sultanate of Rum →
this entity surface form: Seljuk Turks