Kay-Kāʾūs II

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Kay-Kāʾūs II

Seljuq sultan

Also known as: ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kay Kāʾūs II

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Division and decline
The eldest, ʿIzz al-Dīn Kay-Kāʾūs II (ruled 1246–60), assumed the rule in the area west of the Kızıl River with the support of local Byzantine lords and the Turkmen borderland chieftains. Backed by Mongol generals and Iranian bureaucrats, his younger brothers Rukn al-Dīn Qïlïch Arslān IV (1248–65) and ʿAlāʾ…
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The eldest, ʿIzz al-Dīn Kay-Kāʾūs II (ruled 1246–60), assumed the rule in the area west of the Kızıl River with the support of local Byzantine lords and the Turkmen borderland chieftains. Backed by Mongol generals and Iranian bureaucrats, his younger brothers Rukn al-Dīn Qïlïch Arslān IV (1248–65) and ʿAlāʾ…
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