Qïlïch Arslān I
Seljuq sultan
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Qïlïch Arslān I was a Seljuq sultan who ruled in Anatolia. After being released from captivity, he regained control of his father's domains in 1092. He faced defeat by the forces of the First Crusade in 1097, leading him to establish a capital at Konya. He later expanded eastward, capturing Mosul in 1107, but drowned in the Khābūr River while engaging the forces of the Great Seljuq sultan Muḥammad Tapar. His reign marked a limitation of Seljuq ambitions to Anatolia.1
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