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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Frequently asked questions
- 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