Sultanate of Rum
former sultanate in Anatolia
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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]