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    Mas’ūd i of ikonion: the overlooked victor of the twelfth-century anatolian game of thrones
    (Slovansky Ustav: Akademie ved Ceske Republiky, 2018) Lau, Maximilian; Shliakhtin, Roman; Researcher; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); Koç University Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (GABAM) / Koç Üniversitesi Stavros Niarchos Vakfı Geç Antik Çağ ve Bizans Araştırmaları Merkezi (GABAM); N/A
    This paper throws the spotlight on a ruler, Mas’ūd I of Ikonion, who has previously only ap-peared as an antagonist, highlighting that this seemingly peripheral figure was in fact one of the most able political operators of twelfth-century Anatolia. The reason he has been overlooked in this way is simple: all contemporary and near-contemporary sources on Mas’ūd come from his rivals, and the image they portray thus says more about the concerns of that author and people than about the individual himself. Analysing these portrayals will, therefore, not only allow us to better understand those rivals and their policies towards the Turks of Ikonion, but also to expose this overshadowed figure. What emerges is a ruler who successfully played more powerful rivals against each other, particularly in becoming an occasional client of both Byzantium and the Danishmendids, and who even when knocked down came back stronger. Mas’ūd’s success was such that it was his polity that entrenched the Turkish hold over Anatolia, and which would in turn lead to the emergence of the Ottomans themselves.
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    Mas'ud I of Ikonion the overlooked Victor of the twelfth-century Anatolian game of thrones
    (Slovansky Ustav Akad Ceske Republiky, 2018) Lau, Maximilian; N/A; Shliakhtin, Roman; Researcher; N/A; N/A
    This paper throws the spotlight on a ruler, Mas'ud I of Ikonion, who has previously only appeared as an antagonist, highlighting that this seemingly peripheral figure was in fact one of the most able political operators of twelfth-century Anatolia. The reason he has been overlooked in this way it simple: all contemporary and near-contemporary sources on Mas'ud come from his rivals, and the image they portray thus says more about the concerns of that author and people than about the individual himself: Analysing these portrayals will, therefore, not only allow us to better understand those rivals and their policies towards the Turks of Ikonion, but also to expose this overshadowed figure. What emerges is a ruler who successfully played more powerful rivals against each other, particularly in becoming an occasional client of both Byzantium and the Danishmendids, and who even when knocked down came back stronger. Mas'ud's success was such that it was his polity that entrenched the Turkish hold over Anatolia, and which would in turn lead to the emergence of the Ottomans themselves.