The Flourishing of Persian Literature at the Seljuk Court

1150 CE · Konya / Kayseri, Anadolu · cultural

The Anatolian Seljuk sultans actively patronized Persian poetry and prose; court poets, historians and scholars were invited from Iran to Anatolia.

Konya, Kayseri and Sivas became the Anatolian centres of a Turkish-Islamic intellectual flowering. Mevlana's settling in Konya was a product of this cosmopolitan environment.

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What was The Flourishing of Persian Literature at the Seljuk Court?
The Anatolian Seljuk sultans actively patronized Persian poetry and prose; court poets, historians and scholars were invited from Iran to Anatolia.
When did The Flourishing of Persian Literature at the Seljuk Court happen?
1150 CE
Where did The Flourishing of Persian Literature at the Seljuk Court take place?
Konya / Kayseri, Anadolu