Qizil Arslan

قزل أرسلان

c. August 1191 CE · Rajab 587 AH

Qizil Arslan b. Ildegiz the atabeg, king of Azerbaijan, Arran, Hamadan, Isfahan and Rayy after his brother Pahlawan Muhammad, whose death in 581 raised him; the Seljuk sultan Tughril Beg stood under his power as Arslan Shah had under his father Ildegiz, and he kept five thousand mamluks. He was killed treacherously upon his bed in Sha'ban 587 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Overview

Qizil Arslan b. Ildegiz the Atabeg — king of Azerbaijan, Arran, Hamadan, Isfahan and Rayy after his brother al-Bahlawan Muhammad; he succeeded his brother Shams al-Din Pahlawan, lord of Azerbaijan and Persian Iraq, who died in 581. 1

His rule and murder

Sultan Tughril Beg the Seljuk was under his command, as his own father Arslan Shah had been under his father Ildegiz's; he kept five thousand mamluks, and was murdered treacherously on his bed in Sha'ban 587. 1

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Participated in
death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free· Sultan Tughril III masters Qizil Arslan

People and things also explored

السلطان طغرل الثالث بن أرسلان· Isfahan· Rayy· death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free· Sultan Tughril III masters Qizil Arslan

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 749, 769-770
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