Sultan Tughril III masters Qizil Arslan

قوة السلطان طغرل على قزل أرسلان

c. 1188 CE · 584 AH

the Jibal

Sultan Tughril ibn Arslan grew strong against Qizil Arslan and took town after town in Jibal and Azerbaijan — the wars went back and forth until Tughril prevailed 1.

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1170118011901200 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Qizil Arslan Ildigizid

Commanders: Qizil Arslan

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Sultan Tughril ibn Arslan grew strong against Qizil Arslan al-Ildakuzi and took from him lands in al-Jibal and Azerbaijan. The wars went back and forth until Tughril gained the upper hand. 1

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السلطان طغرل الثالث بن أرسلان· Qizil Arslan
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the Jibal

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death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free· the caliph army routed by Sultan Tughril· The caliphal army's rout at Daya Marj (584 AH)· Killing of Sultan Tughril III, last Seljuk sultan in Iraq· Qizil Arslan· السلطان طغرل الثالث بن أرسلان

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 163
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death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free

Al-Bahlawan Muhammad Ildigiz — lord of Jibal, Rayy, Isfahan and Azerbaijan, a just ruler whose lands were safe — died, and with him order died: Isfahan burned in Shafii-Hanafi street war, Rayy emptied in a Sunni-Shia fitna. His brother Qizil Arslan took the realm, but Sultan Tughril — sultan in name alone till then — slipped his leash with a following of emirs, seized lands, and the war began.