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5.1.2 - The Seljuk State in Anatolia

The Seljuk of Rum is a Turkish dynasty that ruled Anatolia from the 10th to the 13th century and was based in Iznik and then Konya. The family of the great Seljuks, who owned the northwest of the Asian continent, after the fall of Manzikert in 463/1071 and the defeat of the Romans, where the Seljuks extended their control over most of Anatolia. The founder of the state, Qutlmash ibn Arslan, was a relative of the Seljuk ruler Tughrul Bey.

The state reached its zenith during the reign of Qilij Arsalan II, and the kingdom was divided among his twelve sons in 589/1192 until Ghayath al-Din Kaykhusraw reunited it. The state began to crumble with the Mongol wars in 640/1243 and their areas of influence shrank to Antioch and its surroundings.