Jahan Shah Bin Tughril
Rukn al-Din Jahanshah bin Tughril (r. 1225–1230) was a Turkoman king of the "Seljuqs of Erzurum". He was a son of Tughril ibn Kılıç Arslan II, also ruler of Erzurum (r. 1202–1225). Jahanshah was a grandson of Kilij Arslan II, who had partitioned his kingdom in Anatolia between his numerous sons. Before the 1201–1202 conquest of Erzurum by Suleiman II of Rûm, son of Kilij Arslan II, the region of Erzurum had been ruled by a local Turkoman dynasty, the Saltukids from 1071 until 1202. Quote: "The Saltuqids' main role in the political and military affairs of the time was in warfare with the Georgians, expanding southwards from the time of their king David the Restorer (1089-1125), often as allies of the Shah-i Armanids (see above, no. 97); but in a curious episode, Muhammad b. Saltuq II's son offered to convert to Christianity in order to marry the celebrated Queen T'amar of Georgia. The last years of the family are unclear, but in 598/1202 the Rum Seljuq Sulayman II, while ...
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Governor Of Erzurum
The Governor of Erzurum (Turkish: ''Erzurum Valiliği'') is the civil service state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Erzurum Province, Province of Erzurum. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey, the Governor (Turkey), Governor of Erzurum is appointed by the Turkish Government, Government of Turkey and is responsible for the implementation of government legislation within Erzurum. The Governor is also the most senior commander of both the Erzurum provincial police force and the Erzurum Turkish Gendarmerie, Gendarmerie. Appointment The Governor of Erzurum is appointed by the President of Turkey, who confirms the appointment after recommendation from the Turkish Government. The Ministry of the Interior (Turkey), Ministry of the Interior first considers and puts forward possible candidates for approval by the cabinet. The Governor of Erzurum is therefore not a directly elected position and instead functions as the most ...
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