Flag of the Sultanate of Rûm

Flag of the Sultanate of Rûm

Description

  • The Sultanate of Rûm (1077–1308) was the Anatolian Seljuk state — Rûm meaning "Rome", referring to the Byzantine lands they conquered after Manzikert (1071)
  • Construction: a deep blue field bearing a white double-headed eagle overlaid with the Kınık tamga (bow and arrow) — fusing Byzantine heraldic imagery with the Great Seljuks' clan mark
  • The double-headed eagle later passed from the Seljuks to the Palaeologan Byzantines, and onward to Russian, Albanian, and Habsburg heraldry

Trivia

  • Capital at Konya for most of its history; ruled much of central Anatolia
  • Collapsed into Beyliks (principalities) after the Mongol invasion; one of these — the Osmanli Beylik — became the Ottoman Empire
  • Host to the poet Rumi, who took his name from this sultanate (the "Land of Rûm")
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