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Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate
Expansion of the Seljuk Sultanate after 1077

The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, or "Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate" was a Turkish Sultanate in Anatolia From 1077 to 1308. The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm Collapsed In 1308, Some time after The Mongol Invasion. After It's collapse, many Beyliks were founded In Anatolia.

The Seljuk Sultanate was formed In 1077, When the Seljuks Conquered Anatolia from the Byzantine Empire, after the Battle of Manzikert resulted in an Byzantine defeat in 1071. The Seljuks set up the Sultanate of Rûm In Anatolia in 1077. Later, the Seljuk Empire would Fall, after that People mostly Referred to the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate as just "Seljuk Sultanate".

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  • Europe mediterranean 1097

    Conquest of the Seljuks.

  • Anatolia1200

    The Sultanate of Rûm and surrounding states, c. 1200.

  • Sultan Kayqubad Kaykubad map Seljuks Rum Anatolia

    The sultanate expanded towards the east during the reign of Kayqubad I.

  • Anatolian Beyliks in 1300

    The declining Sultanate of Rûm, vassal of the Mongols, and the emerging beyliks, c. 1300

  • Hanabad Caravanserai Cardak

    Hanabad caravanserai in Çardak (1230)

  • Kızıl Kule

    Kızıl Kule (Red Tower) built between 1221–1226 by Kayqubad I in Alanya.

  • Ince Minareli Medrese 01

    Ince Minaret Medrese, a 13th-century madrasa located in Konya, Turkey

  • Gok Medresesi1

    Gök Medrese (Celestial Madrasa) of Sivas, built by a Greek (Rûm) subject in the periodic capital of the Sultanate of Rum

  • Kaykhusraw II dirham

    Dirham of Kaykhusraw II, minted at Sivas 1240–1241 AD

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sultanato de Rum para niños

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