| Kilij Arslan IV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seljuq sultans of Rum | |||||
| Reign | 1246/1249–1254[1] (first rule) 1257–1266 (second rule) | ||||
| Co-sultan | Kayqubad II (1249–1254) Kaykaus II (1249–1254) and (1257–1262) | ||||
| Predecessor | Kaykhusraw II | ||||
| Successor | Kayqubad II | ||||
| Predecessor | Kayqubad II | ||||
| Successor | Kaykhusraw III | ||||
| Born | unknown undisclosed | ||||
| Died | 1265 | ||||
| Consort | Gumaḉ Khatun[2] | ||||
| Issue | Saljuk Khatun | ||||
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| Father | Kaykhusraw II | ||||
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.
References
- ^ Faruk Sümer. "KILICARSLAN IV (ö. 664/1266) Anadolu Selçuklu sultanı (1249-1254, 1257-1266).". İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish).
- ^ Yetkin 1961, p. 360.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Mehmet Eti. "Examples of coinage from Kilij Arslan's first reign:Seljuk numismatics". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- Mehmet Eti. "Examples of coinage from Kilij Arslan's second reign:Seljuk numismatics". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
| Preceded by Kaykhusraw II | Sultan of Rum 1248–1266 | Succeeded by Kaykhusraw III |