A Study on Personality and Position of Fakhr al-Din Ali (Sahib Ata)

Sahib Fakhr al-Din Ali was one of the political figures of Sultanate of Rum after the occupation of Anatolia by Mongols. He was counted as an Iranian politician in Anatolia who cooperated with Mongols against Turkamans who were always seeking power. He held a number of high offices in government. Fakhr al-Din and Mu’in al-Din Pervane, a high rank politician in Sultanate of Rum, were contemporaries, and their attitude toward each other was depended on its situation. Following betrayal of Pervane in Obolestan war, in 676 A.H, Abaqa take him down and he was found guilty in court of law. Although Fakhr al-Din Ali helped Mu’in al-Din in this anti-Mongol action but he stayed away from punishment. Some years later with supporting of Mongols he became a vizier. In this paper, stability of his position, as a vizier, his personality, and position and his political activities, which are unknown through history, will be discussed.