Kaykhusraw III

Kaykhusraw III (

Reign (1265-1284)

Mu’in al-Din Suleyman, empowered by the Mongol khan Abagha, had Kilij Arslan IV executed in 1266. The young Kaykhusraw became no more than a figurehead and played no part in the events of his reign, which were dominated first by the Pervane, the Mongol vizier of Rum and Fakhr al-Din Ali.

In 1283 Kaykhusraw was co-opted by the Mongol Kangirtay into a revolt against the Ilkhan sovereign Ahmed. Kaykhusraw was executed for his involvement in the rebellion in March 1284.

Kaykhusraw III was the last

His throne, a fine example of Seljuq woodcarving, survives in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara. It was previously housed in the Kızıl Bey Camii in Ankara.

Manuscripts

A manuscript is known by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥ bin Ibrāhīm, who lived at the court of Ġīyās̱ al-Dīn Kay H̱usraw III. The manuscript is dated to 1272-1273 CE. It is a collection of works in prose and in verse, with miniatures.^[1]

• 
  Daqāʾiq al-Ḥaqāʾiq; Kitāb-i Mūʾnis al-ʿAvārif, Folio 83r
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  Daqāʾiq al-Ḥaqāʾiq; Kitāb-i Mūʾnis al-ʿAvārif, Folio 18r
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  Daqāʾiq al-Ḥaqāʾiq; Kitāb-i Mūʾnis al-ʿAvārif, Folio 67r
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  Daqāʾiq al-Ḥaqāʾiq; Kitāb-i Mūʾnis al-ʿAvārif, Folio 69r

References

Sources

• Claude Cahen, Pre-Ottoman Turkey: a general survey of the material and spiritual culture and history, trans. J. Jones-Williams, (New York: Taplinger, 1968) 284 ff.
• Blue Guide: Turkey (London: A&C Black, 1995) 602.

External links

• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Eti. "Anatolian Coins > Seljuqs of Rum > Kay-Khusraw III page 1". Archived from the original on 2008-02-01.