Turkish-Islamic Art in Pre-Ottoman Anatolia
‘The Anatolian Emirates developed a new artistic approach based on the Seljuqs.’
The Anatolian Seljuq authority collapsed as a result of the Mongol invasions. The Anatolian emirates established in their wake, continued the artistic approach of the Seljuqs; then one of the emirates, the Ottomans, developed a new artistic style based on Seljuq art.

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Plaster relief

Hegira 7th–8th centuries / AD 13th–14th centuries
Anatolian Seljuq
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Türkiye
A battle scene using Islamic iconography symbolising the battle between good and evil.