Kilij Arslan, meaning Sword Lion in Turkish, was the name of four sultans of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm:
Kilij Arslan I reigned as of 1092, died 1107
Kilij Arslan II reigned as of 1156, died 1192
Kilij Arslan III reigned as of 1204, died 1205
Kilij Arslan IV reigned as of 1248, died 1265
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KilijArslan II (Old Anatolian Turkish: قِلِج اَرسلان دوم) or ʿIzz ad-Dīn KilijArslān ibn Masʿūd (Persian: عز الدین قلج ارسلان بن مسعود) (Modern Turkish...
KilijArslan IV (Old Anatolian Turkish: قِلِج اَرسلان) or Rukn ad-Dīn Qilij Arslān ibn Kaykhusraw (Persian: رکن الدین قلیچ ارسلان بن کیخسرو) was Seljuk...
KilijArslan III (died 1205), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm KilijArslan IV (died 1265), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm Al-Nasir KilijArslan (died...
of the word. The kilij became the symbol of power and kingdom. For example, Seljuk rulers carried the name KilijArslan (kılıç-arslan) means "sword-lion"...
Rukn al-Dīn Mesud Klada ibn KilijArslan or Mesud I (Modern Turkish: I. Rükneddin Mesud or Masud (Persian: ركن الدین مسعود) was the sultan of the Sultanate...
Anatolia, they were annihilated in a Turkish ambush led by the Seljuk KilijArslan I at the Battle of Civetot in October 1096. In what has become known...
among themselves. At the same time, the son of Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, KilijArslan I, escaped Malikshāh's imprisonment and claimed authority in the former...
when moving through a mountain pass. In 1161, the Seljuk Sultan of Rum KilijArslan II and Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos concluded a peace agreement...
surrounding the city, before being destroyed by the Turks. As a result, sultan KilijArslan initially felt that the second wave of crusaders were not a threat. He...
Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw ibn KilijArslān; Persian: غياثالدين كيخسرو بن قلج ارسلان), the eleventh and youngest son of KilijArslan II, was Seljuk Sultan of...
Byzantines recovered and Manuel concluded an advantageous peace with Sultan KilijArslan II, Myriokephalon proved to be the final, unsuccessful effort by the...
Danishmend territory and the rescue of Bohemond. However, the Seljuqs, under KilijArslan I, realizing that disunity was the cause of their inability to stop the...
was fought between the European Crusaders and the Seljuk Turks led by KilijArslan I in Northern Anatolia during the Crusade of 1101. The Turks decisively...
(Suleiman) 1077–1086 Dawud KilijArslan I 1092–1107 Malik Shah 1107–1116 Rukn ad-Din Mesud I 1116–1156 Izz ad-Din KilijArslan II 1156–1192 Ghiyath ad-Din...
old when in 1265 he was named Seljuq Sultan of Rûm. He was the son of KilijArslan IV, the weak representative of the Seljuq line who was controlled by...
Arslan's younger brothers Suleiman ibn Chaghri and Qavurt were his rivals. KilijArslan, the son and successor of Suleiman ibn Kutalmish (Kutalmish's son, who...
Kingdom of Lesser Armenia (and perhaps at the expense of Rukn al-Din KilijArslan IV, 1248–1265); in any case it is certain that he fought against the...
Kaykhusraw's elder sons, by different mothers, were Kaykaus II and KilijArslan IV, and also served as sultan after their father's death, often simultaneously...
and Suleiman's son, KilijArslan I. Malik Shah transferred Kilij to Isfahan as a hostage. Upon the death of Malik-Shah I, KilijArslan I re-established the...
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