Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm

Sultanate of Rûm (سلجوقیان روم, Saljūqiyān-i Rūm) officially the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, or commonly known as Rûm, is a Turkic Sunni Muslim state established over former Rhomanoi territories following the Roman-Sassanid War, on WD57. It borders Canaan to the south and Rhomania to the west. Konya is the imperial capital, where the royal family resides, while Ankara is the administrative capital.
After the Persian invasion, Rhomanoi authority over Central Anatolia grew weak, following that, many Turkic tribes from Central Asia begun to migrate to the region. Demographics of Anatolia begun to change as the Turks settled in the former Roman towns, most notably Iconia (Modern day Konya), with a small portion of native Rhomaoni population remaining there. Nowadays, there remains a sizeable Christian minority in the Sultanate, consisting 15% of total population.
== History ==
=== Turkic Migrations ===
Following the Roman-Sassanid War, as the Roman Empire lost control over the cities in Central Anatolia, Turkic tribes from Central Asia migrated to the war torn cities and rebuilt them from ashes. The Tribes eventually decided to settle in the formerly Roman cities, with some of the Roman population immigrating to Rhomania, the Turks outnumbered the Romans living there.
=== Formalization of the Sultanate ===
After the mass migrations, the different tribes migrated there failed to come together to govern the cities, which lead to several clashes until one particular clan, Qiniq emerged victorious from them, making the Anatolian Turks accept their rule. The leader of the Qiniq Tribe, Arslan (who adopted the name Mahmud after converting to Islam) declared himself as the Sultan of Anatolian Muslims, which marked the formation of what's today the Sultanate of Rûm.
=== Reign of Mahmud I (محمود ) ===
==== A Deep Silence ====
First years of the Sultanate were relatively peaceful, with no one to oppose Mahmud's rule, he ruled with an iron fist. Mosques were built, cities were renamed, wine productions were halted in the city of Caesaria...though, former Roman buildings such as aqueducts were left untouched, Anatolia was slowly Islamizing under the Sultanate.
Everything seemed to go well from the outside, but in reality the hardworking citizens of Rum were given a small credit in the development of the newly born Sultanate, which only caused Mahmud to be an unpopular figurehead among the population unlike Mahmud's brother Malikshah, who was open to listen to the complaints of the citizens.
The workers were getting exploited under the reign of Mahmud, the farmers weren't getting paid enough for their labor, all this sparked the revolutionary flames in the souls of the citizens.
==== Distant Footsteps of the Revolution ====
Small resistance movements began to arise, though none of them were able to achieve anything, they acted as a sort of warning for Mahmud. He reinforced the Imperial Guard (Bostanji) and formed the Teşkliât-ı Râz (lit. Secret Organization) to crack down all kinds of resistance movements. His attempts were left in vain as more and more people started to resist. Mass protests took place, people wished for Mahmud to abdicate. Everything was going ok until Mahmud found himself cornered in the palace. Thinking he was left with no other options, Mahmud gave the order to attack to the unarmed protestors..and thus, the sparkle inside people ignited to a revolutionary flame..
==== March of the People ====
The people were shocked, Rumi army that was tasked with defending the nation, was turned up against the very thing it swore to protect, all because of a tyrant wanting to protect his position of power. This order Mahmud gave greatly backfired him as his son, Malikshah along with thousands of soldiers turned up against him. A great crowd marched to the royal palace, and a fierce battle took place. The rebels lead by Malikshah defeated the Imperial Guard and seized control over the Sultanate.
=== Reign of Malikshah I ( ملک شاه) ===
== Politics==
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