{"slug": "kilij-arslan-i", "label": "Kilij Arslan I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilij_Arslan_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345544", "qid": "Q345544", "description": "Seljuk sultan (1079–1107)", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1079, 1107], "span_label": ["1079 CE", "1107 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sultanate-of-rum", "label": "Sultanate of Rum", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edessa", "label": "Edessa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "harran", "label": "Harran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "malatya", "label": "Malatya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "isfahan", "label": "Isfahan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-jerusalem", "label": "Kingdom of Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuq-dynasty", "label": "Seljuq dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raymond-iv-of-toulouse", "label": "Raymond IV of Toulouse", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "islam", "label": "Islam", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1079, "year_label": "1079 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kilij Arslan I, sultan of the Sultanate of Rum (d. 1107)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068328#Births", "title": "1079", "revid": 1267068328, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1086, "year_label": "1086 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, ruler of the Turks in Rum, is killed by Emir Tutush I in the battle of Ain Salm near Antioch. Suleiman's 7-year-old son Kilij Arslan I is captured and transferred as hostage to Isfahan (modern Iran).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277859585#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1086", "revid": 1277859585, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1092, "year_label": "1092 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Emperor Alexios I Komnenos bribes one of Kilij Arslan's (sultan of the Sultanate of Rum) officials to recover Sinope (the capital of Paphlagonia), and neighbouring coastal regions. He uses the Byzantine fleet to defeat the Seljuk navy off the coast of Cius in Bithynia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1273814679#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1092", "revid": 1273814679, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1096, "year_label": "1096 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Siege of Xerigordos: Sultan Kilij Arslan I sends a Seljuk expeditionary force to assault and recapture the castle of Xerigordos. They cut off the water supply, and Rainald of Breis is forced to surrender. Many of the crusaders are killed but others convert to Islam and become slaves.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266324#First_Crusade", "title": "1096", "revid": 1365266324, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1097, "year_label": "1097 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Battle of Dorylaeum: The Crusaders defeat a Seljuk army led by Kilij Arslan I, ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, who wants revenge for the capture of Nicaea. During the battle many Crusaders are killed but the Seljuk Turks are forced to flee and abandon their tents and treasure after being surprised by the arrival of a second Crusader army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268080#First_Crusade", "title": "1097", "revid": 1365268080, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1101, "year_label": "1101 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Crusade of 1101 – A second wave of European crusaders attempts to cross Anatolia, to reach the Kingdom of Jerusalem. They are defeated by the Seljuk troops under Sultan Kilij Arslan I, at Heraclea. A handful of crusaders under Raymond IV of Toulouse manage to reach the Byzantine port of Bafra, at the mouth of the River Halys.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268186#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1101", "revid": 1365268186, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1104, "year_label": "1104 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sultan Kilij Arslan I of the Sultanate of Rum starts a war with the Danishmendids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271015#Europe", "title": "1104", "revid": 1365271015, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1105, "year_label": "1105 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Kilij Arslan I, sultan of the Sultanate of Rum, leads a Seljuk expedition to take over Melitene (modern Turkey). He attempts to capture Edessa, but the Crusader fortress is too strongly defended by its garrison. Kilij Arslan then moves on to Harran, which surrenders to him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268232#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1105", "revid": 1365268232, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1107, "year_label": "1107 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Kilij Arslan I, sultan of the Sultanate of Rum (b. 1079)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266728#Deaths", "title": "1107", "revid": 1365266728, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1107, "year_label": "1107 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Kilij Arslan I, sultan of Sultanate of Rum, conquers Mosul (during the Battle of Mosul). But he is defeated and killed by Seljuk forces under Muhammad I Tapar supported by the Ortoqids and Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266728#Levant", "title": "1107", "revid": 1365266728, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}]}