The following is a list of the Seljuk Sultans of Rum, from 1077 to 1307. ^[1] The sultans of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm were descended from Arslan Isra'il, son of the warlord Seljuk. The Seljuk Empire was founded by Chaghri and Tughril, sons of Arslan's brother Mikail ibn Seljuk.

• Suleiman I, son of Qutalmish, 1077–1086
• Abu'l Qasim (self-declared, Nicaea), appointed by Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, 1084
• Kilij Arslan I, son of Suleiman ibn Kutalmish, 1092–1109
• Malik Shah, son of Kilij Arslan, 1109–1116
• Mesud I, son of Kilij Arslan, 1116–1156
• Kilij Arslan II, son of Mesud I, 1156–1192
• Kaykhusraw I, son of Kilij Arslan II, 1192–1197
• Suleiman II, son of Kilij Arslan II, 1197–1204
• Kilij Arslan III, son of Suleiman II, 1204–1205
• Kaykhusraw I (second rule), 1205–1211
• Kaykaus I, son of Kaykhusraw I, 1211–1220
• Kayqubad I, son of Kaykhusraw I, 1220–1237
• Kaykhusraw II, son of Kayqubad I, 1237–1246
• Kaykaus II, son of Kaykhusraw II (sole rule) 1246–1248
• Kaykaus II (joint rule), 1248–1259 (with Kilij Arslan IV, 1248–1259, with Kayqubad II, 1249–1257)
• Kilij Arslan IV, son of Kaykhusraw II (joint rule), 1248–1259 (with Kaykaus II, 1248–1259, with Kayqubad II, 1249–1257)
• Kayqubad II, son of Kaykhusraw II (joint rule), 1249–1257 (with Kaykaus II and Kilij Arslan IV)
• Kilij Arslan IV (sole rule), 1259–1265
• Kaykhusraw III, son of Kilij Arslan IV, 1265–1282
• Mesud II, son of Kaykaus II, 1282–1284
• Kayqubad III, son of Faramurz (son of Kaykaus II), 1284
• Mesud II (second rule), 1284–1293
• Kayqubad III (second rule), 1293–1294
• Mesud II (third rule), 1294–1301
• Kayqubad III (third rule), 1301–1303
• Mesud II (fourth rule), 1303–1307

The Seljuk Sultanate of Rum dissolved into many Anatolian Beyliks, one of them being the future Ottoman Empire in 1307.

See also

• Seljuk dynasty

References

Source

• Bosworth, Clifford E., The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996, pp. 213-214

• Baldwin, Marshall W., and Setton, Kenneth M, A History of the Crusades: Volume One, The First Hundred Years, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1969, pg. 701 (index list of Selchükids of Rûm through Kilij Arslan II)

• Wolff, Robert L. and Hazard, H. W., A History of the Crusades: Volume Two, The Later Crusades 1187–1311, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1977, pg. 862 (index list of Selchükids of Rûm after Kilij Arslan II)

• Murray, Alan V. The Crusades—An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 2006, pp. 1050–1052.