
Charting the expansion of the Rum Seljuqs from rulers of a small principality to a fully- fledged sultanate ruling over almost the whole of Anatolia, this book demonstrates how ideology, rather than military success, was crucial in this development. The Rum Seljuqs examines...

This book examines how the Seljuqs developed from rulers of a small principality to sultans ruling over almost the whole of Anatolia.