The following is a list of the Seljuk Sultans of Rum, from 1077 to 1307.Bosworth, Clifford E., ''The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual,'' Columbia University Press, New York, 1996, pp. 213-214 The sultans of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm were descended from Arslan Isra'il, son of the warlord Seljuk. The

Seljuk Empire The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a High Middle Ages, high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian tradition, Turco-Persian, Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qiniq (tribe), Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. ...

was founded by Chaghri and Tughril, sons of Arslan's brother Mikail ibn Seljuk. * Suleiman I, son of Qutalmish, 1077–1086 * Abu'l Qasim (self-declared,

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), appointed by Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, 1084 * Kilij Arslan I, son of Suleiman ibn Kutalmish, 1092–1109 * Malik Shah, son of Kilij Arslan, 1109–1116 * Mesud I, son of Kilij Arslan, 1116–1156 * Kilij Arslan II, son of Mesud I, 1156–1192 *

Kaykhusraw I Kaykhusraw I ( or Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw ibn Kilij Arslān; ), the eleventh and youngest son of Kilij Arslan II, was Seljuk Sultan of Rûm. He succeeded his father in 1192, but had to fight his brothers for control of the Sultanate, losing t ...

, son of Kilij Arslan II, 1192–1197 * Suleiman II, son of Kilij Arslan II, 1197–1204 * Kilij Arslan III, son of Suleiman II, 1204–1205 *

(second rule), 1205–1211 * Kaykaus I, son of Kaykhusraw I, 1211–1220 * Kayqubad I, son of Kaykhusraw I, 1220–1237 * Kaykhusraw II, son of Kayqubad I, 1237–1246 * Kaykaus II, son of Kaykhusraw II (sole rule) 1246–1248 * Kaykaus II (joint rule), 1248–1259 (with Kilij Arslan IV, 1248–1259, with Kayqubad II, 1249–1257) * Kilij Arslan IV, son of Kaykhusraw II (joint rule), 1248–1259 (with Kaykaus II, 1248–1259, with Kayqubad II, 1249–1257) *

Kayqubad II Kayqubad II (, , , ''ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykhusraw,'' – 1254/1256) was the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm from 1249-1257. He was the only son of the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm Kaykhusraw II and the Georgian princess Gurju Khatun (known as T ...

, son of Kaykhusraw II (joint rule), 1249–1257 (with Kaykaus II and Kilij Arslan IV) * Kilij Arslan IV (sole rule), 1259–1265 * Kaykhusraw III, son of Kilij Arslan IV, 1265–1282 *

Mesud II Ghiyath al-Dīn Me’sud ibn Kaykaus or Mesud II (, ''Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Mas'ūd bin Kaykāwūs''; , ) bore the title of Sultan of Rûm at various times between 1284 and 1308. He was a vassal of the Mongols under Mahmud Ghazan and exercised no re ...

, son of Kaykaus II, 1282–1284 *

Kayqubad III Kayqubad III ( or ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Farāmurz; ) was briefly sultan of the Sultanate of Rum between the years of 1298 and 1302. He was a nephew of the deposed Mesud II and had strong support among the Seljuk Turks. As sultan he was ...

, son of Faramurz (son of Kaykaus II), 1284 *

(second rule), 1284–1293 *

(second rule), 1293–1294 *

(third rule), 1294–1301 *

(third rule), 1301–1303 *

(fourth rule), 1303–1307 * Mesud III (1307-1308) * Kilij Arslan V ( Claimant Sultan 1308-1318) The

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dissolved into many

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, one of them being the future

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in 1307.

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* Bosworth, Clifford E., ''The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual'', Columbia University Press, New York, 1996, pp. 213-214 * Baldwin, Marshall W., and Setton, Kenneth M, ''A History of the Crusades: Volume One, The First Hundred Years'', The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1969, pg. 701 (index list of Selchükids of Rûm through Kilij Arslan II) * Wolff, Robert L. and Hazard, H. W., ''A History of the Crusades: Volume Two, The Later Crusades 1187–1311'', The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1977, pg. 862 (index list of Selchükids of Rûm after Kilij Arslan II) * Murray, Alan V. ''The Crusades—An Encyclopedia'', ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 2006, pp. 1050–1052. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Seljuk sultans of Rum *

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