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  Kilij Arslan I Information
Kilij Arslan then took over the Seljuk army and set up his capital at Nicaea, killing his own father-in-law, the emir Chaka of Smyrna in order to stabilize the Sultanate.
As the Crusaders continued their march across Anatolia, Kilij Arslan planned an ambush near Dorylaeum on June 29.
Kilij Arslan retreated, and did not attack the Crusaders again, although he destroyed crops and water supplies along their route.
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  Kilij Arslan II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kilij Arslan II claimed to descend from one of the daughters of Velikiy Kniaz Svyatoslav Yaroslavich \ Svyatoslav II of Kiev.
Kilij Arslan was able to drive Manuel's army into a valley near Myriokephalon, and although Manuel's force was not totally annihilated, the sultan forced the emperor to dismantle his fortifications along the frontier.
Despite Kilij Arslan's alliance with Saladin he was unable to stop the armies of the Third Crusade, but the remnants of the German army were in any case destroyed by the Turks after the death of Frederick Barbarossa.
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 Desi Hot OR Hot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1175 the peace fell apart when Kilij Arslan refused to return territory he had conquered from their common enemy the Danishmends.
Arslan harassed the Byzantine army in order to force it into the Meander valley, and specifically the mountain pass near the fortress of Myriokephalon.
Arslan may have had about the same number of troops, but the exact number is unknown.
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Alp Arslan had defeated the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert in 1071 and incorporated much of Anatolia into Great Seljuk, but this empire was split apart by civil war after the death of Malik Shah I in 1092.
In the Sultanate of Rüm in Anatolia, Malik Shah was succeeded by Kilij Arslan I and in Syria by his brother Tutush I, who died in 1095.
Kilij Arslan withdrew and the crusaders marched almost unopposed through Asia Minor towards Antioch, except for a battle in September in which they again defeated the Turks.
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 Sultanate of Rüm - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Izz ad-Din Kilij Arslan II (1156—1192), the son of Mas'ud, conquered the last remnants of the Danishmends in 1174 after the death of Nur ad-Din, who had proclaimed eastern Anatolia and Armenia a protectorate.
His younger brothers, Rukn ad-Din Kilij Arslan IV (1248—1265) and Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh II (1249—1257) were set to rule east of the Kizil Irmak under the Mongol administration.
Kilij Arslan IV was executed in 1265 and Ghiyath ad-Din Kay Khusrau III (1265—1284) became the puppet ruler of all of Anatolia.
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 Kilij Arslan II -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1173 Kilij Arslan, now at peace with the Byzantines, allied with Nur ad-Din against (A city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh) Mosul.
The peace treaty with the Byzantines lasted until 1175, when Kilij Arslan refused to hand over to Manuel recently conquered territory from the (Click link for more info and facts about Danishmends) Danishmends, although both sides had for some time been building up their fortifications and armies in preparation for a renewed war.
Kilij Arslan was able to drive Manuel's army into a valley near (Click link for more info and facts about Myriokephalon) Myriokephalon, and although Manuel's force was not totally annihilated, the sultan forced the emperor to dismantle his fortifications along the frontier.
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 Kilij Arslan II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Kilij Arslan II Kilij Arslan II ad-Din Kılıj Arslan II (also Qïlïch Arslan; died in 1192)was a Seljuk sultan of Rüm.
Kilij Arslan was able to drive Manuel's army into a valley near Myriokephalon, and although Manuel's force was not totallyannihilated, the sultan forced the emperor to dismantle his fortifications along the frontier.
Despite Kilij Arslan's alliance with Saladin he was unable to stop the armies ofthe Third Crusade, but the remnants of the German army were in any casedestroyed by the Turks after the death of Frederick Barbarossa.
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 Kilij Arslan II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1161 Manuel's nephew defeated Kilij Arslan, and the sultan travelled to Constantinople in a show of submission.
The peace treaty with the Byzantines lasted until 1175, when Kilij Arslan refused to hand over to Manuel recently conquered territory from the Danishmends, although both sides had for some time been building up their fortifications and armies in preparation for a renewed war.
He was succeeded by, although his other sons continued to fight for control of the other parts of the sultanate.
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 First Crusade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alp Arslan had defeated the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert in 1071 and incorporated much of Anatolia into Great Seljuk, but this empire was split apart by civil war after the death of Malik Shah I in 1092.
In the Sultanate of Rüm in Anatolia, Malik Shah was succeeded by Kilij Arslan I and in Syria by his brother Tutush I, who died in 1095.
Kilij Arslan withdrew and the crusaders marched almost unopposed through Asia Minor towards Antioch, except for a battle in September in which they again defeated the Turks.
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 Kilij Arslan I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Kilij Arslan después asumió el control a ejército de Seljuk y fijó hacia arriba su capital en Nicaea, matando a su propio suegro, el emir Chaka de Smyrna para estabilizar el sultanate.
A medida que los cruzados continuaron su marzo a través de Anatolia, Kilij Arslan planeó un ambush cerca de Dorylaeum de junio el 29.
Kilij Arslan retiró, y no atacó a cruzados otra vez, aunque él destruyó cosechas y los abastecimientos de agua a lo largo de su ruta.
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 Crusade of 1101 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
However, the Seljuks, under Kilij Arslan I, realizing that disunity was the cause of his inability to stop the First Crusade, had now allied with both the Danishmendids and Ridwan of Aleppo.
William briefly besieged Konya but could not take it, and he was soon ambushed at Heraclea by Kilij Arslan, who had just defeated the Lombards at Mersivan and was eager to stamp out these new armies as soon as possible.
The defeat of the crusade allowed Kilij Arslan to establish his capital at Konya, and also proved to the Muslim world that the crusaders were not invincible, as they appeared to be during the First Crusade.
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 Station Information - Kilij Arslan II
Kilij Arslan II Kilij Arslan II (in Turkish Kılıj or Qïlïch Arslan) (died 1192) was a Seljuk sultan of Rum.
In 1159 Kilij Arslan attacked Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus as he marched past Iconium (the capital of Rum) as Manuel returned from negotiating with Nur ad-Din in Syria.
He was succeeded by Kay Khosru I, although his other sons continued to fight for control of the other parts of the sultanate.
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 Kilij Arslan I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Dawud Kılıj Arslan ibn Süleyman ibn Kut al-Mish (1079 - 1107) was the Seljuk sultan of Rüm from 1092 until his death.
After the death of his father, Süleyman, in 1086, he became a hostage of Sultan Malik ShahI of Great Seljuk, but was released when Malik Shah died in 1092.
Kilij Arslan thentook over the Seljuk army and set up his capital at Nicaea, killing his ownfather-in-law, the emir Chaka of Smyrna in order to stabilize the Sultanate.
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 Seljuk Turks Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He died in 1063 in favour of his nephew (the great-grandson of Seljuk), Alp Arslan, who invaded Anatolia at the Battle of Manzikert in the 1070s.
The fact that they embraced Sunni Islam and defended it with an irresistible power is one of the reasons why this branch is the major and most populous division of Islam.
The Seljuk dynasty collapsed tn the middle of the 13th century when the Seljuks of Anatolia was divided in three emirates; the ones of Izz ad-Din Kay-Kaus II (1246-60), Rukn ad-Din Qïlïch Arslan IV (1248-65), and Ala ad-Din Kay-Qubadh II (1249-57).
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 Battle of Dorylaeum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Turkish force, consisting of Kilij Arslan I and his ally Hasan of Cappadocia, along with help from the Danishmendids, the Persians, and the Caucasian Albanians, numbered about 150,000 men according to Raymond of Aguilers (Fulcher of Chartres gives the exaggerated number of 360,000).
Adhemar captured the Turkish camp, abandoned by the panicked troops whom Kilij Arslan could not prevent from retreating.
The Turks fled and Arslan turned to other concerns in his eastern territory, and the crusaders were allowed to march virtually unopposed through Anatolia on their way to Antioch.
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 Arrival of the Franj
The beginnings of the Turkish empire that would span across the Byzantium empire in future years was led by a young sultan, Kilij Arslan who was based in Nicacea, a few days march from Constantinople.
For Kilij Arslan the united territory under the Turks was no reason to let his guard down.
Arslan had two fronts to take care of and laid a truce with his neighboring Turk to handle the Franks.
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 Kilij Arslan II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Kilij Arslan II Anuncio-Dinar Klj Arslan II (también Qïlïch Arslan de Izz; fue muerto en 1192) un Seljuk sultan de Rüm.
En 1159, Kilij Arslan atacó el emperador byzantine Manuel I Comnenus mientras que él marchó más allá de Iconium (Konya, capital de Rüm), pues Manuel volvió de la negociación con el anuncio-Dinar de Nur en Siria.
Kilij Arslan podía conducir el ejército de Manuel en un valle cerca de Myriokephalon, y aunque la fuerza de Manuel no fue aniquilada totalmente, el sultan forzó el emperador para desmontar sus fortalecimientos a lo largo de la frontera.
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 ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Kilij Arslan had been joined by Ridwan of Aleppo, Malik-Ghazi of Sebastia, and Karaja of Harran, all powerful Danishmend princes.
This victory was a sweet one for Kilij Arslan, for it avenged his honor and restored his standing among the Danishmends.
Kilij Arslan was fresh from his victory in the north.
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 Seljuk Turks - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He established the Seljuk capital at Nishapur and died in 1063 leaving his holdings to his nephew, the great-grandson of Seljuk, Alp Arslan who invaded and conquered Anatolia in 1071 in the Battle of Manzikert and subsequently conquered Transoxiana.
The Seljuk Turks and their descendants, the Ottoman Turks, played a major role in medieval history by creating a barrier to Europe against the Mongol invaders from the East, defending the Islamic world against Crusaders from the West, and conquering the Byzantine Empire.
Under Alp Arslan's successor Malik Shah I and his vizier Nizam al-Mulk the Seljuk state expanded in various directions so that it bordered China in the East and the Byzantine Empire in the West.
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 Dorylaeum
Without Byzantine guides they were vulnerable to ambushes by the Turks, so they split into two groups, led by Bohemond of Taranto and Godfrey of Bouillon.
Bohemond's force was surrounded outside Dorylaeum by Kilij Arslan I at the end of June, 1097.
The Turks panicked and Kilij Arslan could not prevent them from retreating.
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 Battle of Dorylaeum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Turkish force, consisting of Kilij Arslan I and his ally Hasan of Cappadocia, along with help from the Danishmendids, led by the Turkish prince Ghazi ibn Danishmend, the Persians, and the Caucasian Albanians, numbered about 150,000 men according to Raymond of Aguilers (Fulcher of Chartres gives the exaggerated number of 360,000).
On the evening of June 30, after a three day march, Bohemond's army made camp in a meadow on the north bank of the river Thymbres, near the ruined town of Dorylaeum (Many scholars believe that this is the cite of the modern city of Eskişehir).
The Turkish were terrified by the sight of their camp in flames, and by the ferocity and endurance of the knights, since the knights armor protected them from arrows and even many sword cuts, and they promptly fled, abandoning their camp and forcing Kilij Arslan to withdraw from the battlefield.
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 Kiliç Arslan I. - Wikipedia
Dawud Kılıç Arslan ibn Süleiman ibn Kutalmisch (قلج أرسلان, Qïlïj Arslān, Kilidsch Arslan; Kylydsch Arslan, engl.: Kilij Arslan, * 1079; 1107) war ab 1092 der seldschukische Sultan von Rum.
Kiliç Arslan richtete seine Hauptstadt in Nicäa ein, tötete seinen Schwiegervater, den Emir Chaka von Smyrna, um sein Sultanat zu stabilisieren.
Er überfiel das Reich der Danischmenden in Ostanatolien, das Malik Ghazi regierte, obwohl die Seldschuken und die Danischmenden sich 1096 angesichts des Volkskreuzzugs unter Peter dem Einsiedler und Walter Sans-Avoir Nicäa erreichte.
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 The History Bookshop
They request to be transported across the Bosphorus and, on 21 Oct, are massacred at Civetot by Seljurq and Danishmend forces led by Kilij Arslan.
Kilij Arslan I, the Seljurq Sultan of Rum, is killed in a battle with other Turks.
Malik Shah, the Sultan of Rum, dies and is succeeded by Ma`sud I, the son of Kilij Arslan.
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 The People Fall
Nicaea was the capital city of Kilij Arslan, the Turkish sultan in Asia Minor.
Those that stayed true to their faith were executed, while the rest were sent as captives to distant cities, never to be heard from again.
Kilij Arslan had already arrived, but he did not intend to hole up in a city, he intended to attack his enemies.
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