The Nāṣirī Generations 67: ACCOUNT OF THE SULTANS OF RUM, OF THE SALJUKIAH DYNASTY.

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The Sultans of Rum were of the race of Saljuk and were great and powerful monarchs; and, in the territories of Rum and the country of Afranj numerous signs and marks of their goodness and benevolence, their expeditions and holy wars, their conflicts with unbelievers, buildings of public utility and charity, in the shape of colleges, mosques, monasteries for darweshes, karwansaraes, bridges, and charitable and pious foundations, remain to this day; and the accounts of their descendants, their Maliks, and their Amirs, and of their heroic achievements in that country, are recorded in trustworthy books.
When the Sultan of Sultans, Sanjar, on whom be the mercy of the Almighty, ascended the throne of his father, and became established in the sovereignty of the world, and, when the territories of Islam, both east and west, were taken possession of by his servants, and the Khutbah was read for him from all the pulpits of Islam, and the money of the world became adorned with his name and titles, he conferred the kingdom of Rum upon his brother, Mahmud, son of Malik Shah. The whole of the Sultans [of that country] are his [Mahmud’s] descendants, an account of every one of whom is recorded in this Tabakat, in order that its readers may call to remembrance, with a blessing, those who have passed away, and acquire some information respecting that dynasty.