Kay Kawus

Meet Kay Kawus:

Kaykaus I, or Kay Kawus I was the ruling Sultan of Rum from 1211 to 1220. The best way to expand this aspirational imperial authority was to physically inscribe it onto the new monuments of Kay Kawus' time. His tomb in Sivas, Turkey captures the architectural advancement of his era, mirroring the artistic imagination of an imperial political body. The panel above Kay Kawus' tomb vividly anticipates the rest of the story, depicting the entangled stories of different communities in Anatolia.