Kilij Arslan, meaning ''Sword Lion'' in Turkish, was the name of four sultans of the
Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples ( Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 ...
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Kilij Arslan I
Kilij Arslan ibn Suleiman (; ; or ''Kılıcarslan'', "Sword Lion") (1079–1107) was the Seljuk sultan of Rûm. He reigned from 1092 until his death in 1107. He ruled the Sultanate during the time of the First Crusade and thus faced the ...
reigned as of 1092, died 1107
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Kilij Arslan II
Kilij Arslan II () or ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kilij Arslān ibn Masʿūd () ( Modern Turkish ''Kılıç Arslan'', meaning "Sword Lion") was a Seljuk Sultan of Rûm from 1156 until his death in 1192.
Reign
In 1159, Kilij Arslan attacked Byzantine emperor Ma ...
reigned as of 1156, died 1192
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Kilij Arslan III
Kilij Arslan III (, ''Qilij Arslān''; Modern Turkish: ''Kılıç Arslan'', meaning "Sword Lion") was the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm for a short period between 1204 and 1205 succeeding his father Suleiman II. He was succeeded by his uncle Kaykhusr ...
reigned as of 1204, died 1205
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Kilij Arslan IV
Kilij Arslan IV () or Rukn ad-Dīn Qilij Arslān ibn Kaykhusraw (, ) was twice the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm from 1249 to 1254 and later from 1257 to 1266.
However, a jarlig issued by Güyük Khan
Güyük Khan or Güyüg Khagan, mononymously Gü ...
reigned as of 1248, died 1265
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