Memorial tombs of Anatolian Seljuk sultans under restoration in Turkey’s Konya

Restoration of Anatolian Seljuk sultans’ sandukas, a type of memorial tomb placed over the original graves of the distinguished people in Turkish-Islamic tradition, in Alaeddin Mosque has begun in the central Turkish province of Konya. Following a general restoration at the mosque, one of the legacies of the Sultanate of Rum, the work to bring the memorial tombs and the mosque’s mihrab, a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque indicating the qibla – the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the di