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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 219,637 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Kilij Arslan II is the 3,161st most popular politician (up from 3,404th 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 3,161 out of 15,577Before him are Stanislav Shushkevich, Oskar Potiorek, Joseph Berchtold, Nectanebo II, Arses of Persia, and Lars Porsena. After him are Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, Albert IV, Duke of Austria, Vratislaus II of Bohemia, Shamshi-Adad V, Philotas, and Baydu.

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Among people born in 1155, Kilij Arslan II ranks 8Before him are Alfonso VIII of Castile, Niketas Choniates, Benkei, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Ottokar I of Bohemia, and Henry the Young King. 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 2Before him is Conrad of Montferrat. After him are Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Garnier de Nablus, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Adam of Saint Victor, and Orio Mastropiero.

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