Qutalmish
| Qutalmish | |
|---|---|
| Seljuq sultans of Rum | |
| Reign | ? – |
| Predecessor | Aslan Yabgu |
| Successor | Suleiman ibn Qutulmish |
| House | Seljuks |
| Father | Aslan Yabgu |
Qutalmish (Old Anatolian Turkish: قُتَلمِش, Persian: قتلمش) (alternative spellings: Qutulmush, Kutalmish, Kutalmış) was a Turkic prince who was a member of Seljukid house in the 11th century. His son Suleyman /or Suleiman), founded the Sultanate of Rum in what is now Turkey.
Sultanate of Rûm
Kutalmish was the son of Arslan Yabgu and a cousin of Tughril and played a vital role in the conquests of the Seljuq 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] His son, Suleiman, was appointed Sultan of Rûm by Malik Shah I in 1073.
Legacy
Kutalmış is a common masculine Turkish given name, which is used in memory of Kutalmısh.
References
- ↑ Martin Sicker, The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna, (Greenwood Publishing, 2000), 53.
- ↑ Institutionalisation of Science in the Medreses of pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Turkey, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Turkish Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, Ed. Gürol Irzik and Güven Güzeldere, (Springer, 2005), 267.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Arslan Yabgu |
Seljuk Prince | Succeeded by Süleyman |