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Qutalmish

Seljuk prince From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Qutalmish ibn Arslan Isra'il (Turkish: Kutalmış Bey, Old Anatolian Turkish: قوتالمش بگ, Persian: قتلمش) (alternative spellings: Qutalmis, Kutalmish, Kutalmış) was a Turkic prince who was a member of Seljukid house in the 11th century. His son Kutalmışoğlu Suleiman, founded the Sultanate of Rum in what is now Turkey.

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Sultanate of Rûm

Kutalmish was the son of Arslan Yabgu and a cousin of Tughril and played a vital role in the conquests of the Seljuk Turks. In 1046, he was sent with an army by Tughril to force back the Byzantine army at Ganja and was victorious.[1] (see Battle of Ganja (1046))

He supported a rebellion against Tughril and contested the succession to the throne with Alp Arslan. (see Battle of Damghan (1063)) According to the historian Ali ibn al-Athir, Kutalmish knew the sciences of the stars.[2] He had five sons, among them Mansur[3] and Suleiman, who was recognized as Sultan of Rûm by Malik Shah I in 1084.[4]

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Name

"Kut Almış" means "he that has received fortune (majesty)".[5]

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