Kilij Arslan IV (Arabic: ركن الدين قلج ارسلان بن كيخسرو‎, Rukn al-Dīn Qilij Arslān bin Kaykhusraw; Turkish: IV. Kılıç Arslan) was Seljuq Sultan of Rûm after the death of his father Kaykhusraw II in 1246. For part of his tenure as sultan he ruled with his two brothers Kaykaus II and Kayqubad II. He was executed in 1266 by the Pervane Mu‘in al-Din Suleyman.

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  • Claude Cahen, Pre-Ottoman Turkey: a general survey of the material and spiritual culture and history, trans. J. Jones-Williams, (New York: Taplinger, 1968) 271 ff.

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Preceded by
Kaykhusraw II
Sultan of Rûm
1248–1265
Succeeded by
Kaykhusraw III

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Kilij Arslan

Kilij Arslan, meaning Sword Lion in Turkish, was the name of four sultans of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm:

  • Kilij Arslan I reigned as of 1092, died 1107
  • Kilij Arslan II reigned as of 1156, died 1192
  • Kilij Arslan III reigned as of 1204, died 1205
  • Kilij Arslan IV reigned as of 1248, died 1265
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