Suleiman II, also known as Rukn ad-Din Suleiman Shah ( fa, رکن الدین سلیمان شاه), was the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm between 1196 and 1204. Son of

Kilij Arslan II Kilij Arslan II ( 1ca, قِلِج اَرسلان دوم) or ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kilij Arslān ibn Masʿūd ( fa, عز الدین قلج ارسلان بن مسعود) (Modern Turkish ''Kılıç Arslan'', meaning "Sword Lion") was a Seljuk Sultan of Rûm ...

, Suleiman overthrew his brother, Sultan

Kaykhusraw I Kaykhusraw I ( 1ca, كَیخُسرو or Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw ibn Kilij Arslān; fa, غياث الدين كيخسرو بن قلج ارسلان), the eleventh and youngest son of Kilij Arslan II, was Seljuk Sultan of Rûm. He succeeded his ...

, and became sultan in 1196. Suleiman fought neighbouring rulers and expanded the territories of the Sultanate. In 1201, he conquered Erzurum, giving it as a fief to Mughith al-Din Tugrulshah in 1202. Successful in the wars with the

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s, Suleiman was routed by the

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in the Battle of Basian of 1203. Suleiman was succeeded by his son

Kilij Arslan III Kilij Arslan III ( 1ca, قِلِج اَرسلان, fa, قلج ارسلان ''Qilij Arslān''; Turkish language, Modern Turkish: ''Kılıç Arslan'', meaning "Sword Lion") was the Sultanate of Rum, Seljuq Sultan of Rûm for a short period between ...

in 1204–1205, after which

forced his way into

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

, removed Kilij from power and was enthroned for a second time.

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* * * Sultans of Rum 1204 deaths Year of birth unknown Seljuk dynasty 13th-century Turkic people {{MEast-royal-stub