Founding of Sultanate of Rum

1077 CE · political

One of the Seljuk branches that settled in Anatolia after Manzikert established a state centered in Nicaea under the leadership of Suleiman Shah.

This entity, known as the Anatolian (Turkey) Seljuk State, in time moved its capital to Konya and established a political, administrative, and cultural order in the region. It played an important role in the process of the Turkification of Anatolia and in the formation of later Turkish states.

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What was Founding of Sultanate of Rum?
One of the Seljuk branches that settled in Anatolia after Manzikert established a state centered in Nicaea under the leadership of Suleiman Shah.
When did Founding of Sultanate of Rum happen?
1077 CE