Qutalmish

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Qutalmish
Known forAncestor of the Seljuq sultans of Rum
PredecessorArslan Yabgu
SuccessorSuleiman ibn Qutalmish
Parent
FamilyHouse of Seljuq

Qutalmish ibn Arslan (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 has five sons, among them Mansur[3] and Suleiman, who was recognized as Sultan of Rûm by Malik Shah I in 1084.[4]

Name[edit]

"Qut almish" means "he that has received fortune (majesty)".[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sicker 2000, p. 53.
  2. ^ Ihsanoglu 2005, p. 267.
  3. ^ "Mansur ibn Kutalmish". Prosography of the Byzantine World. King's Digital Lab. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ Köprülü 1992, p. 72.
  5. ^ 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.
Political offices
Preceded by Seljuk Prince Succeeded by