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Keyhüsrev I. asked them why they had come here from such a
distant country like Antalya. With the permission of the Sultan, the
merchants begin to tell what happened to them one by one;
“our great sultan… We are merchants who make their living by
shipping. We boughtgoods from Egypt, and from there we sailed
to theshores of Attelia. The Franks took our goods. They cleaned
us out. Then he dismissed us by saying, “Go, tell your sultan your
troubles, let him get your goods back if he has the power”. We
present our situation to you. We hope for help from our great sul-
tan’’.
Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev, who wasvery angry with the words he
heard, gotup from his throne and replied to the merchants as fol-
lows;
“Your goods are my goods. I will not sit on this throne until I
have your goods back. Don’t worry. Your sultan will definitely
fulfill his promise to you, he said, and very angrily command-
ed his vizier: Let the preparations begin as soon as possible”.
(Çimrin 2002; Çimrin 2012)

Fig. 63: Statue of Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev. Located in Antalya
Konyaaltı Street.Sculptor M. Owezov. Photo by S. Doğan

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