Kilij Arslan II

Type Figure Region Sultanate of Rum Time c. 1109–1192 Also known as Arslan II

Kilij Arslan II (c. 1109–1192) was sultan of the Sultanate of Rum (Seljuks of Asia Minor), contending with Byzantium, the crusaders, and Georgia afte…

Timeline

1156–1180Konya · KonyaAfter seizing the throne by killing his brother in 1156, he consolidated rule over central Anatolia, repeatedly making peace and war with Byzantine Manuel I and later emperors, and controlled the trade routes of Asia Minor.
1190–1192Cilicia and eastern Anatolia · CiliciaIn the Third Crusade of 1190 he checked Frederick I in Cilicia; in 1191–1192 he still fought on multiple fronts against Byzantium and Georgia; he died in 1192, and his sons' partition of the realm split the sultanate.

Sources

Kilij Arslan II https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kilij-Arslan-II
Sultanate of Rum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Rum