Iconium as Capital of the Sultanate of Rum (1170s)

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1. 1170–1179Iconium (Konya) · AnatoliaIconium had been the capital since the early days of the Sultanate of Rum; in the 1170s under Kilij Arslan II it became the firm core of the Turkic polity of central Anatolia, with the sultan's court, administrative organs, and mosque architecture all concentrated in the city.
2. 1176Iconium (Konya) · AnatoliaIn 1176 Manuel I campaigned in Asia Minor with the capture of Iconium as its strategic objective, showing the city was still regarded in the 1170s as the capital and symbol of power of the Sultanate of Rum, though the expedition ultimately failed at Myriokephalon.