Qizil Arslan

Qizil Arslan
قزل ارسلان
al-Malik al-Mu'azzam
Miniature of Qizil Arslan welcoming the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi.
Atabeg of the Eldiguzids
Reign1186–1191
PredecessorMuhammad Jahan Pahlavan
SuccessorNusrat al-Din Abu Bakr
DiedAugust or September, 1191
SpouseInanj Khatun
FatherEldiguz
ReligionSunni Islam

Muzaffar al-Din Qizil Arslan Uthman (Persian: مظفر الدین قزل ارسلان عثمان), better known as Qizil Arslan[a] (قزل ارسلان), was the ruler (atabeg) of the Eldiguzids from 1186 to 1191. He was the brother and successor of Muhammad Jahan Pahlavan, and was later succeeded by his nephew Nusrat al-Din Abu Bakr.