Kilij Arslan III (Old Anatolian Turkish: قِلِج اَرسلان, Persian: قلیچ ارسلان 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.[1] He was succeeded by his uncle Kaykhusraw I. Kilij Arslan had a daughter named Gawhar Khatun.[2]

Kilij Arslan III
Seljuq sultans of Rum
Reign1204-1205
PredecessorSüleymanshah II
SuccessorKaykhusraw I
Died1205
IssueGawhar Khatun (daughter)
FatherSüleymanshah II[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Claude Cahen, The Formation of Turkey: The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum: Eleventh to Fourteenth, transl. & ed. P.M. Holt, (Pearson Education Limited, 2001), 42.
  2. ^ "Uyanış Büyük Selçuklu Gevher Hatun kimdir, gerçek adı ne, nasıl öldü? Leyla Feray kaç yaşında, hangi dizilerde oynadı?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
Preceded by Sultan of Rûm
1204–1205
Succeeded by