II. International Seljuk Historical Geography Symposium FULL TEXT BOOK-I
SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY SITUATION IN KIRMAN DURING THE SELJUK PERIOD
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The domination of the Seljuks in Iran, with its political, military, social and economic aspects, constitutes an important stage for the history of Turkish-Islamic civilization, which affected not only the Iranian geography but also the entire Near East. The Seljuks, who started to seize the Khorasan region from the 11th century, also managed to dominate the Kirman and Persian regions, which are important geographies of the Iranian field, in a short period of time. Kirman, who was fpreviously affiliated to the Buwayhids, was included in the Seljuk rule in 1048 by Kavurd, the son of Çağrı Bey, in this period. The new political situation of Iran, which changed with the efforts of the Seljuks, had a significant impact on the political and cultural situation of Kirman, as in all Iran. The rulers of the Kirman Seljuks, who were subordinate to the central Seljuk administration with the capture of Kirman by Kavurd, became the patrons of science and literature in the Kirman geography starting from the Kavurd period. The policies of the Kirman Seljuks supporting science and art were followed as a state policy by all the successors of the Kirman Seljuks. In this period when scholars and mueddibs were supported, Efdâlüddîn-i Kirmânî, Ezrâk-i Herevî, Abdülmelik Burhânî, Muizzi, İbrâhim b. Famous poets such as Osman al-Gazzi, Shiblüddevle Ebü’l-Heyca Bekrî Hicâzî, Mucîrî, Kıvâmî, Abbasi, Şihâbî, Muhtârî, Abdülvasi-i Cebelî-yi Garcistani, İbnu’l-Hebbâriyye and Mübârekşâh are known to have given their works. Apart from these poets, Ebu’l Huseyn Kutb-el Evliya Sheikh Cemaleddin Ahmed, Imam Abu Abdullah b. Abdülmelik al-Nişâbûrî, İsmâil b. It is known that important names such as Abdüssamed el-Nişâbûrî and Ebû Muhammed Rûzbihân el-Baklî lived in Kirman during this period. Kirman Seljuks not only supported the science and art environments and scholars, but also showed the members of the dynasty themselves related to science in this period. Since Melik Muhammed Shah, son of Arslanşah I, was very knowledgeable in astronomy, Muhammed Shah gained fame as the Ptolemy of the period. During the reign of Malik Muhammed Shah, the people of Kirman’s interest in science increased, the ruler’s rewards were given to encourage learning, and a library was built and he donated five thousand books to this library. Besides other sciences, the science of Sufism was supported by the Kirman Seljuks, and hangahs were built in Berdesîr during the reign of I. Turan Shah. It is known that the famous Sufi Evhaduddin-i Kirmani was born and educated in Kirman during the Seljuk period. In line with all this information, we can clearly say that the Kirman Seljuks did not only undertake important political and military works in Seljuk history, but also created a scientific and intellectual environment that developed in the Kirman geography in cultural matters.
