أخذ سليمان بن قتلمش أنطاكية من الروم

أخذ سليمان بن قتلمش أنطاكية من الروم

c. 1084 CE · 477 AH

In 477 Sulayman ibn Qutlumush, the Seljuk lord of Qonya and Aqsaray, marched on Syria and took Antioch — in Roman hands since 358 — sending the glad tidings to sultan Malikshah. Al-Dhahabi: Al Saljuq are the kings of the lands of Rum, their line lasting to the days of al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Overview

In 477 AH Sulayman ibn Qutlumush, the Seljuk ruler of Konya and Aksaray, marched to Syria and took Antioch from the Byzantines. It had been in their hands since 358 AH. 2

After the conquest

He sent to Sultan Malikshah to bring him the good news. al-Suyuti quotes al-Dhahabi that the Seljuks were the rulers of the land of Rum, their rule lasted long, and some of them remained until the time of al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars. 2

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سليمان بن قتلمش السلجوقي

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Qilij Arslan I ibn Sulayman· Sultanate of Rum· سليمان بن قتلمش السلجوقي

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 651-652
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.651-652
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islam.museum contributors. “أخذ سليمان بن قتلمش أنطاكية من الروم”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/antioch-sulayman-477/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Qilij Arslan I ibn Sulayman

Qilij Arslan ibn Sulayman ibn Qutulmush, Seljuk sultan of Rum; succeeding his father over Konya, Aqsaray and the Rum lands, he fought the Frankish hosts crossing his country toward the Levantine coast in 490 AH, then took Mosul, Diyar Bakr and their districts and sat on the throne — marching from Mosul against Jawali Saqawa's siege of al-Rahba, his host deserted him, he charged Jawali in person, was beaten back by Jawali's men and threw himself into the Khabur where he drowned; his son Mas'ud took the Rum lands.