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Region: Anatolia
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Konya is a city in Anatolia, which was the capital of the Seljuk sultanate of Rum, and in it is the tomb of Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273 CE). ¹ The descriptive facts here need an additional source.

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Ruled by: كيكاوس الأول
Site of: Death of Rukn al-Din Sulayman II of Rum

People and things also explored

Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I· Suleiman II, Sultan of Rum· Death of Rukn al-Din Sulayman II of Rum· كيكاوس الأول

Sources

GeoNames gazetteer

Nawadir Juha al-Kubra, ed. Darwish al-Juwaydi (al-Dar al-Namudhajiya)

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islam.museum contributors. “Konya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/konya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I

Seljuk sultan of Rum — exiled by his brother, snubbed at Aleppo, pensioned and married into the patriciate at Constantinople until the Frankish sack, then recalled by the Oghuz in 600 and carried into Konya by the acclamation of Aksaray and Konya themselves.