Sultanate of Rum

former sultanate in Anatolia
Organization sultanate Q975405
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Summary

Sultanate of Rum is a sultanate[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of sultanate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,637 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Continent: Asia[3]
  • Instance of: historical country[4], rump state[5]
  • Capital: İznik[6], Konya[7], Nicaea[8]
  • Official language: Persian[9]
  • Basic form of government: monarchy[10]
  • Commons category: Sultanate of Rûm[11]
  • Inception: 1077[12]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1307[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sultanate of Rum[14]
  • Described by source: New History of Yuan[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[16]
  • Replaced by: Beylik of Adana[17]
  • Topic has template: Template:Sultans of Rum[18]
  • Native label: سلجوقیان روم[19]
  • Different from: Seljuk Empire[20]
  • Area: 400.000 km²[21]
  • Language used: medieval Greek[22], Persian[23], Old Anatolian Turkish[24], Proto-Oghuz[25]
  • Official religion: Islam[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
  • P14541: 1KpqQa[28]

Why It Matters

Sultanate of Rum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Okras · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4484373-2
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Locator map image: Sultanate of Rûm.svg"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1KpqQa
    Official religion → Islam
    Instance of → sultanate, historical country, rump state
    Basic form of government → monarchy
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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