Sultan of Rûm

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monarchic office royal title

The Sultan of Rûm was the title used by the Seljuk rulers of Anatolia who governed the Sultanate of Rûm, a medieval Muslim state that emerged in former Byzantine (Roman) territories.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sultan of Rum	4
Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monarchic office ⓘ royal title ⓘ
appliesToFormerTerritoryOf	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Sultanate of Rûm NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Oghuz Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Myriokephalon (1176) NERFINISHED ⓘ Crusades NERFINISHED ⓘ First Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalUnderTitleHolders	Konya NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sultanate of Rûm NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSphere	Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ Persianate world ⓘ
dynasticContext	Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	early 14th century ⓘ
etymology	Rûm derives from Arabic and Persian term for Rome or Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstKnownTitleHolder	Suleiman ibn Qutulmish NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	sultanate ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian ⓘ
meaning	Sultan of Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTitleHolder	Kaykaus I NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaykhusraw I NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaykhusraw II NERFINISHED ⓘ Kayqubad I NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilij Arslan I NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilij Arslan II NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlordship	nominal vassal of Great Seljuk Empire (early period) ⓘ
partOf	Islamic monarchy ⓘ
politicalSystem	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
precededByTitle	Seljuk emir in Anatolia ⓘ
region	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Anatolian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
startTime	late 11th century ⓘ
successorTitleInRegion	Ottoman sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ bey titles of Anatolian beyliks ⓘ
titleHolderOf	head of government ⓘ head of state ⓘ
titleStyle	Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Seljuk dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuks of Rûm NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Kayser-i Rûm → contrastedWith → Sultan of Rûm ⓘ

Suleiman ibn Qutulmish → title → Sultan of Rûm ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan of Rum

Kilij Arslan I → title → Sultan of Rûm ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan of Rum

Kilij Arslan II → positionHeld → Sultan of Rûm ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan of Rum

Kayqubad I → positionHeld → Sultan of Rûm ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum

Kaykhusraw II → positionHeld → Sultan of Rûm ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan of Rum