Kilij Arslan IV

Kilij Arslan IV (Old Anatolian Turkish: قِلِج اَرسلان) or Rukn ad-Dīn Qilij Arslān bin Kaykhusraw (Persian: رکن الدین قلج ارسلان بن کیخسرو) was Seljuq Sultan of Rûm after the death of his father Kaykhusraw II in 1246. He was installed by the Mongol Empire, as sultan over his elder brother, Kaykaus II.[3] He was executed in 1265 by the Pervâne Mu‘in al-Din Suleyman.

Kilij Arslan IV
Seljuq sultans of Rum
Reign1246/1249–1254[1] (first rule)
1257–1266 (second rule)
Co-sultanKayqubad II (1249–1254)
Kaykaus II (1249–1254) and (1257–1262)
PredecessorKaykhusraw II
SuccessorKayqubad II
PredecessorKayqubad II
SuccessorKaykhusraw III
Bornunknown
undisclosed
Died1265
ConsortGumaḉ Khatun[2]
IssueSaljuk Khatun
Full name
Rukn ad-Dīn Qilij Arslān bin Kaykhusraw
FatherKaykhusraw II

References

  1. Faruk Sümer. "KILICARSLAN IV (ö. 664/1266) Anadolu Selçuklu sultanı (1249-1254, 1257-1266).". İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish).
  2. Yetkin 1961, p. 360.
  3. Saunders 2001, p. 98.

Sources

  • Claude Cahen, Pre-Ottoman Turkey: a general survey of the material and spiritual culture and history, trans. J. Jones-Williams, (New York: Taplinger, 1968) 271 ff.
  • Yetkin, S. Kemal (1961). "The Turbeh of Gumaç Hatun, a Seljūk Monument". Ars Orientalis. Vol. 4.
  • Saunders, J. J. (2001). The History of the Mongol Conquests. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Preceded by
Kaykhusraw II
Sultan of Rum
1248–1266
Succeeded by
Kaykhusraw III


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