Ruler · 1239 – 1257

Kayqubad II

Lived 1239 – 1257; politician. Sultan of Rum of Sultanate of Rum, 1249 – 1257.

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Lived: 1239 – 1257; 18 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sultanate of Rum
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Sultan of Rum

Sultanate of Rum · the 15th of 21 dated reigns · 1074 – 1308

11 before

Kayqubad I1220 – 1237

Kaykhusraw II1237 – 1246

Kaykaus II1246 – 1262

Kayqubad II1249 – 1257

Kilij Arslan IV1249 – 1266

Kaykhusraw III1266 – 1284

Mesud II1284 – 1297

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1249 – 1257 · 8 years · came to it aged 10

Came to it: appointedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1257, the year they died

As son of the sultan’s favorite wife, he was designated heir.

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