User:HistoryofIran/Persians in the Sultanate of Rum

The Persians in the Sultanate of Rum played a key-role in integrating the realm into an advanced Islamic religious and secular culture.

They stemmed from various parts of Iran, 55.8 percent from north-western Iran, 35.6 percent from eastern Iran, and 7.8 percent from central Iran.

The following is a list of the professions amongst the Anatolian Persians, based on multiple documentaries and inscriptions from the late 12th-century;

The list demonstrates that the majority of Anatolian Persians were men of letters. The ulema consisted of many Khurasanians, particularly the judges, scribes and Sufi mystics. The civil officers were commonly from a northwestern Iranian background.