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Kilij Arslan II

1155 - 1192

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Kilij Arslan II (Old Anatolian Turkish: قِلِج اَرسلان دوم) or ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kilij Arslān ibn Masʿūd (Persian: عز الدین قلج ارسلان بن مسعود) (Modern Turkish Kılıç Arslan, meaning "Sword Lion") was a Seljuk Sultan of Rûm from 1156 until his death in 1192. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kilij Arslan II has received more than 237,036 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kilij Arslan II is the 3,106th most popular politician (up from 3,152nd in 2019).

Kilij Arslan II was the Seljuk Sultan of Anatolia and Rumelia from 1175 to 1192. He was the son of Kaykhusraw I. He is most famous for his victory over the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos at the Battle of Myriokephalon in 1176.

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Among politicians, Kilij Arslan II ranks 3,106 out of 19,576. Before him are Thessalonike of Macedon, Andreas Papandreou, Amalaric, David of Trebizond, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, and Hystaspes. After him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Blaise Compaoré, Paul Kruger, Haman, Ranavalona III, and Razia Sultana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1155, Kilij Arslan II ranks 8. Before him are Alfonso VIII of Castile, Niketas Choniates, Benkei, Henry the Young King, Ottokar I of Bohemia, and Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi. After him are Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, Peter II of Courtenay, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, Kamo no Chōmei, and Blondel de Nesle. Among people deceased in 1192, Kilij Arslan II ranks 4. Before him are Conrad of Montferrat, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, and Prithviraj Chauhan. After him are Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Orio Mastropiero, Garnier de Nablus, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, and Adam of Saint Victor.

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