The spatial elements of the administrative system in Anatolia during Seljuk period: the organization of the Seljuk administrative units (and its evolution)

This paper aims to determine the organizations of the administrative unit as the spatial-functional element of the administration system in Anatolia during Seljuk period when Turks participated in Anatolian settlement chain. The hypothesis of this study is that the historical origins of Seljuk administration unit organizations, as the spatial reflection of Seljuk administrative system, were based on the heritage of the administration traditions of Central Asia Turkish and Iran Turkish-Islamic with the substructure of the Byzantine administrative geography in Anatolia and were shaped by geographical conditions of Anatolia with military-poxlitical-administration internal and external dynamics in Seljuk period. The methodology of this paper is based on the examination of the original historical sources and transferring them to map in the determination of Seljuk administration units. Reprinted by permission of Ahmet Yesevi University