Sultan of Rûm

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchic office
royal title
appliesToFormerTerritoryOf Byzantine Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
appliesToJurisdiction Sultanate of Rûm
appliesToTerritory Anatolia
Asia Minor
associatedWithEthnicGroup Oghuz Turks
linked to: Oghuz

Turks
associatedWithEvent Battle of Dorylaeum (1097)
Battle of Myriokephalon (1176)
Crusades
First Crusade
capitalUnderTitleHolders Konya
Nicaea
country Sultanate of Rûm
culturalSphere Islamic world
Persianate world
dynasticContext Seljuk Empire
endTime early 14th century
etymology Rûm derives from Arabic and Persian term for Rome or Romans
linked to: Ar-Rum
firstKnownTitleHolder Suleiman ibn Qutulmish
governmentForm sultanate
languageOfName Arabic
Ottoman Turkish
Persian
meaning Sultan of Rome
notableTitleHolder Kaykaus I
Kaykhusraw I
Kaykhusraw II
Kayqubad I
Kilij Arslan I
Kilij Arslan II
overlordship nominal vassal of Great Seljuk Empire (early period)
partOf Islamic monarchy
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
precededByTitle Seljuk emir in Anatolia
region Anatolia
Cappadocia
Central Anatolian plateau
religion Islam
startTime late 11th century
successorTitleInRegion Ottoman sultan
bey titles of Anatolian beyliks
titleHolderOf head of government
head of state
titleStyle Sultan
usedBy Seljuk dynasty
linked to: Seljuk

Seljuks of Rûm
linked to: Seljuks of Rum

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Kayser-i Rûm contrastedWith Sultan of Rûm
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish title Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kilij Arslan I title Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kilij Arslan II positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kayqubad I positionHeld Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kaykhusraw II positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kaykaus II positionHeld Sultan of the Sultanate of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kilij Arslan IV positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kayqubad II positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Kaykhusraw III positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Sultan Mesud I positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
ʿIzz al-Dīn Kaykāʾūs I positionHeld Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Keykubadiye Palace usedBy Seljuk sultans of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Alaeddin Kayqubad I title Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Malik Shah of Rum positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Masud I of Rum positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Alaeddin Kayqubad II positionHeld Sultan of Rum
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Calymath isSonOf Turkish Sultan
linked to: Sultan of Rûm
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish title Sultan of Rum
subject linked to: Suleiman
linked to: Sultan of Rûm