At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Anatolia
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Why Konya?
The well-irrigated site, in contrast to the neighbouring desert, commanded the southern route at a time when the Danishmendids denied the Seljuks the northern route to the Dardanelles; the new masters found in it a secure political and military base for their still semi-nomadic peoples. The Seljuk period marked the zenith of the city's history. 1
Connections
- Occurred at
- Konya
- Had participant
- Mas'ud I ibn Qilij Arslan
People and things also explored
The Ince Minareli Medrese is built at Konya, c. 663/1264· The Karatay madrasa is built at Konya, 649/1251· The German King's Campaign and His Drowning· Battle of Konya (1832)· The First Crusade passes Konya, 490/1097· Baha al-Din Walad dies; Rumi succeeds him· Death of Rukn al-Din Sulayman II of Rum· Kaykhusraw I's restoration to the Rum Sultanate (600 AH)
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5.1 p. 287
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mas'ud I makes Konya the Rum Seljuk capital”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/konya-masud-capital-512/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.
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