Ruler · 1170 – 1204

Suleiman II of Rum

Lived 1170 – 1204. Sultan of Rum of Sultanate of Rum, 1196 – 1204.

Wikidata's English label: Suleiman II.

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Lived: 1170 – 1204; 34 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 7th of 21 dated reigns · 1074 – 1308

3 before

Mesud I1116 – 1156

Kilij Arslan II1156 – 1192

Kaykhusraw I1192 – 1196

Suleiman II of Rum1196 – 1204

Tughril ibn Kılıç Arslan II1202 – 1225

Kilij Arslan III1204 – 1205

Kaykhusraw I1205 – 1211

11 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 1196 – 1204 · 8 years · came to it aged 26

Came to it: seized powerthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1204, the year they died

Son of Kilij Arslan II, Suleiman overthrew his brother, Sultan Kaykhusraw I, and became sultan in 1196.

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