Kilij Arslan II

قلج أرسلان الثاني

Draft card for Izz al-Din Kilij Arslan II, the sultan of Rum who defeated Manuel I at Myriokephalon, named from an open reference description (Wikidata); his entry in Hasan Ibrahim's Tarikh al-Islam is not yet checked on the page, so no dates are given.

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sultan
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Anatolia
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Taqi al-Dīn routs Qilij Arslān's twenty thousand with a thousand horse

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Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)· تقي الدين عمر بن شاهنشاه· Taqi al-Dīn routs Qilij Arslān's twenty thousand with a thousand horse

Sources

  • Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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