Sultans Tombs - Mausoleum of Aleeddin Mosque, Konya, Turkey

The courtyard of Aleeddin Mosque (Camii) encloses two monumental mausolea or turbe. According to an inscription on the facade, Kilij Arslan II built the decahedral tomb with the conical roof. This mausoleum became the burial place of the Seljuq dynasty and houses the sarcophagi of eight of the Seljuq sultans of Rum, pictured on this card - the sultans were: Rukneddin Mesud I (d. 1156), Izzeddin Kilic Arslan II (d. 1196), Suleiman Shah (d. 1204), Gıyaseddin Kayhusrew I (d. 1210), Alauddin Kayqubad I (d. 1237), Gıyaseddin Kayhusrew II (d. 1246), Rukneddin Kilic Arslan IV (d. 1266) and Gıyaseddin Kayhusrew II (d. 1283)

Arslan Izzeddin Kilic Kilij Konya Mausoleum Sarcophagi Seljuq Shah Suleiman Sultans Tombs Turbe

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