Dirham coin of Kaykhusraw II, Sivas, AH 638/AD 1240-1. The sun is thought to represent his wife Gurju Khatun and the lion the sultan.
Sultan of Rum
Reign
1237–1246
Predecessor
Kayqubad I
Successor
Kaykaus II
Died
1246
Consort
Gurju Khatun Ghaziya Khatun
Issue
Izz al-Din Kaykaus II Rukn al-Din Kiliç Arslan IV Alauddin Kayqubad II
Names
Ghīyāth al-Dīn Kaykhusraw bin Kayqubād
House
House of Seljuq
Father
Alâeddin Kayqubad I
Mother
Mahpari Khatun[1]
Religion
Sunni Islam
Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusrawibn Kayqubād or Kaykhusraw II (Persian: غياث الدين كيخسرو بن كيقباد) was the sultan of the Seljuqs of Rûm from 1237[2] until his death in 1246. He ruled at the time of the Babai uprising and the Mongol invasion of Anatolia. He led the Seljuq army with its Christian allies at the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243. He was the last of the Seljuq sultans to wield any significant power and died as a vassal of the Mongols.
Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubād or KaykhusrawII (Persian: غياث الدين كيخسرو بن كيقباد) was the sultan of the Seljuqs of Rûm from 1237 until his...
Kaykhusraw I (Old Anatolian Turkish: كَیخُسرو or Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw ibn Kilij Arslān; Persian: غياث‌الدين كيخسرو بن قلج ارسلان), the eleventh and...
Kaykaus ibn Kaykhusraw or Kayka'us II (Persian: عز الدين كيكاوس بن كيخسرو, ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kaykāwus ibn Kaykhusraw) was the sultan of the Seljuqs of Rûm from...
warrior Kai Khosrow: Kaykhusraw I (died 1211), Seljuq Sultan of Rum KaykhusrawII (died 1246), Seljuq Sultan of Rum Kaykhusraw III (died 1284), Seljuq...
Kayqubad II (Old Anatolian Turkish: كیقباد; Persian: علاء الدين كيقباد بن كيخسرو, ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykhusraw, c. 1238-1239 – 1254/1256) was...
Qilij Arslān ibn Kaykhusraw (Persian: رکن الدین قلیچ ارسلان بن کیخسرو) was Seljuk Sultan of Rûm after the death of his father KaykhusrawII in 1246. However...
Alā ad-Dīn Kayqubād ibn Kaykhusraw (Turkish: I. Alâeddin Keykûbad; Turkish pronunciation: [kejkuːbad], Persian: علاء الدين كيقباد بن كيخسرو 1190–1237)...
Sultanate of Rum being favorite wife of sultan KaykhusrawII, whom she married after the death of Muhammad II of Khwarazm in 1237. After his death in 1246...
Arslan II escaped and took refuge in Kayseri. Later on, Qutb al-Din declared himself to be the new Sultan, but his father and his brother Kaykhusraw I drove...
Kilij Arslan II's reign, the sultanate experienced a civil war with Kaykhusraw I fighting to retain control and losing to his brother Suleiman II in 1196....
symbol first appears in the 13th century, most notably on the coinage of KaykhusrawII, who was Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum from 1237 to 1246. These...
Kaykhusraw III (Old Anatolian Turkish: كَیخُسرو سوم) or Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw bin Qilij Arslān (Persian: غياث الدين كيخسرو بن قلج ارسلان; c. 1259-1263...
successor KaykhusrawII swore an oath of vassalage with the payment of at least token tribute to the Great Khan Ögedei. Ögedei died in 1241, and Kaykhusraw took...
Rusudan held him prisoner at the court of her son-in-law, the sultan KaykhusrawII, and sent her son David to the Mongol court to get his official recognition...
tasked with subduing Baba Ishak's rebellion in the area around Malatya. KaykhusrawII faced a major defeat by the Mongol Empire at the Battle of Köse Dağ...
Damascus. The army of Aleppo then combined with a Seljuk force led by KaykhusrawII to defeat an Ayyubid army led by as-Salih's son and deputy al-Muazzam...
Arslan II 1156–1192 Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw I 1192–1196 Suleyman II (Suleiman) 1196–1204 Kilij Arslan III 1204–1205 Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw I (second...
1284 the new Ilkhan Sultan Ahmed deposed and executed the Seljuq sultan Kaykhusraw III and installed Mesud in his place. Ahmad's successor, Arghun, divided...
the latter prisoner at the court of her son-in-law, the Seljuk sultan KaykhusrawII, and in 1243 sent her son David to the Mongol court of Batu Khan in...
his daughter Hunat Hatun in marriage to Kayqubad, who later fathered KaykhusrawII. Kürkman, Garo; Diler, Omer (1981). Alaiye Paralari - Coinage of Alaiye...
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