Kilij Arslan
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Kilij Arslan, meaning Sword Lion in Turkish, was the name of four sultans of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm:
- Kilij Arslan IKilij Arslan IKilij Arslan was the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm from 1092 until his death in 1107. He ruled the Sultanate during the time of the First Crusade and thus faced the brunt of the entire attack...
reigned as of 1092, died 1107 - Kilij Arslan IIKilij Arslan IIKilij Arslan II was a Seljuk Sultan of Rûm from 1156 until his death in 1192.As Arnold of Lübeck reports in his Chronica Slavorum, he was present at the meeting of Henry the Lion with Kilij-Arslan during the former's pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1172...
reigned as of 1156, died 1192 - Kilij Arslan IIIKilij Arslan IIIKilij Arslan III was the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm for a short period in 1204 and 1205....
reigned as of 1204, died 1205 - Kilij Arslan IVKilij Arslan IVKilij Arslan IV was Seljuq Sultan of Rûm after the death of his father Kaykhusraw II in 1246. For part of his tenure as sultan he ruled with his two brothers Kaykaus II and Kayqubad II. He was executed in 1266 by the Pervane Mu‘in al-Din Suleyman.-Sources:...
reigned as of 1248, died 1265