Sultanate of Rum

Overview

The Sultanate of Rum, or Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, was a culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim state established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. The name Rum was a synonym for the medieval Roman Empire and its peoples, as it remains in modern Turkish. The name is derived from the Aramaic and Parthian names for ancient Rome, which had reached these languages via the Greek Ῥωμαῖοι. The Seljuk Turks used the name to refer to Anatolia. The Sultanate of Rum is considered to be the beginning of Turkish history in Anatolia.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps:1300:Seljuk Caliphate
• SNAPSHOT1300
• MATCHEDSeljuk Caliphate
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire9

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Battle of Heraclea, Anatolia1097
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• Battle of Nicaea1097
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• Battle of Heraclea, Anatolia1101
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• Battle of Heraclea, Anatolia (2nd)1101
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• Battle of Khabar1107
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• Battle of Cotyaeum1113
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• Battle of Philomelion1116
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• Battle of Antioch, Anatolia1211
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• Battle of Kose Dagh1243
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