Qutalmish
Qutalmish | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Ancestor of the Seljuq sultans of Rum |
| Predecessor | Arslan Yabgu |
| Successor | Suleiman ibn Qutalmish |
| Father | Arslan Yabgu |
| Family | House of Seljuq |
Qutalmish ibn Arslan Isra'il (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.
Sultanate of Rûm
[edit]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]
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]
Name
[edit]"Kut Almış" means "he that has received fortune (majesty)".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Sicker 2000, p. 53.
- ^ Ihsanoglu 2005, p. 267.
- ^ "Mansur ibn Kutalmish". Prosography of the Byzantine World. King's Digital Lab. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Köprülü 1992, p. 72.
- ^ Juvaynī & Boyle 1958, p. 45.
Sources
[edit]- Ihsanoglu, Ekmeleddin (2005). "Institutionalisation of Science in the Medreses of pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Turkey". In Irzik, Gürol; Güzeldere, Güven (eds.). Turkish Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science. Springer.
- Juvaynī, ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik; Boyle, John Andrew (1958). The History of the World-conqueror. Vol. 1. p. 45.
- Köprülü, Mehmed Fuad (1992). The Seljuks of Anatolia: their history and culture according to local Muslim sources. University of Utah Press.
- Sicker, Martin (2000). The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna. Greenwood Publishing.
