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Shrine of Aladdin & Seljuq Sultans

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Night at Konya. Shrine of Aladdin and medieval sultans of Anatolian Turks, Seljuqs (Sultanate of Rum: Seljuq Sultanate of Eastern Rome) who stopped Crusades in Anatolia. Mesud I, Kilicarslan II, Rükneddin Süleyman II, Giyaseddin Keyhüsrev I, Alaeddin Keykubat I, Giyaseddin Keyhüsrev II, Kilicarslan IV, Giyaseddin Keyhüsrev III... All eight under the characteristic medieval Seljuq style polygonal tented roof kümbet, decagonal in this case, at the courtyard of Alaaddin Mosque at Konya, Turkey.
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