Kaykhusraw II

Kaykhusraw II
Dirham coin of Kaykhusraw II, Sivas, AH 638/AD 1240-1. The sun is thought to represent his wife Gurju Khatun and the lion the sultan.
Sultan of Rum
Reign1237–1246
PredecessorKayqubad I
SuccessorKaykaus II
Died1246
ConsortGurju Khatun
Ghaziya Khatun
IssueIzz al-Din Kaykaus II
Rukn al-Din Kiliç Arslan IV
Alauddin Kayqubad II
Names
Ghīyāth al-Dīn Kaykhusraw bin Kayqubād
HouseHouse of Seljuq
FatherAlâeddin Kayqubad I
MotherMahpari Khatun[1]
ReligionSunni Islam

Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubād or Kaykhusraw II (Persian: غياث الدين كيخسرو بن كيقباد) was the sultan of the Seljuqs of Rûm from 1237[2] until his death in 1246. He ruled at the time of the Babai uprising and the Mongol invasion of Anatolia. He led the Seljuq army with its Christian allies at the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243. He was the last of the Seljuq sultans to wield any significant power and died as a vassal of the Mongols.

  1. ^ Crane 1993, p. 50.
  2. ^ Cahen, p. 748