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.
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Suleiman I, son of Qutalmish, 1077–1086
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Abu'l Qasim (self-declared,
Nicaea
Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea, ; ), also known as Nikaia (, Attic: , Koine: ), was an ancient Greek city in the north-western Anatolian region of Bithynia. It was the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and seve ...
), appointed by
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, 1084
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Kilij Arslan I, son of Suleiman ibn Kutalmish, 1092–1109
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Malik Shah, son of Kilij Arslan, 1109–1116
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Mesud I, son of Kilij Arslan, 1116–1156
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Kilij Arslan II, son of Mesud I, 1156–1192
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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
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Suleiman II, son of Kilij Arslan II, 1197–1204
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Kilij Arslan III, son of Suleiman II, 1204–1205
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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 ...
(second rule), 1205–1211
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Kaykaus I, son of Kaykhusraw I, 1211–1220
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Kayqubad I, son of Kaykhusraw I, 1220–1237
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Kaykhusraw II, son of Kayqubad I, 1237–1246
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Kaykaus II, son of Kaykhusraw II (sole rule) 1246–1248
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Kaykaus II (joint rule), 1248–1259 (with Kilij Arslan IV, 1248–1259, with Kayqubad II, 1249–1257)
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Kilij Arslan IV, son of Kaykhusraw II (joint rule), 1248–1259 (with Kaykaus II, 1248–1259, with Kayqubad II, 1249–1257)
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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)
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Kilij Arslan IV (sole rule), 1259–1265
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Kaykhusraw III, son of Kilij Arslan IV, 1265–1282
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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
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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
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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 ...
(second rule), 1284–1293
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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 ...
(second rule), 1293–1294
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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 ...
(third rule), 1294–1301
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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 ...
(third rule), 1301–1303
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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 ...
(fourth rule), 1303–1307
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Mesud III (1307-1308)
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Kilij Arslan V ( Claimant Sultan 1308-1318)
The
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples ( Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 ...
dissolved into many
Anatolian Beyliks
Anatolian beyliks (, Ottoman Turkish: ''Tavâif-i mülûk'', ''Beylik''; ) were Turkish principalities (or petty kingdoms) in Anatolia governed by ''beys'', the first of which were founded at the end of the 11th century. A second and more exte ...
, one of them being the future
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
in 1307.
See also
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Seljuk dynasty
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture.
The founder of t ...
References
Source
* 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.
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Rum
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