{"slug": "suleiman-ibn-qutalmish", "label": "Suleiman ibn Qutalmish", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_ibn_Qutalmish", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730338", "qid": "Q730338", "description": "Sultan of Rum", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1063, 1086], "span_label": ["1063 CE", "1086 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Suleiman ibn Qutulmish"], "related": [{"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sultanate-of-rum", "label": "Sultanate of Rum", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seljuk-dynasty", "label": "Seljuk dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alp-arslan", "label": "Alp Arslan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "michael-vii-doukas", "label": "Michael VII Doukas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ionia", "label": "Ionia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nikephoros-iii-botaneiates", "label": "Nikephoros III Botaneiates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercenary", "label": "Mercenary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "isfahan", "label": "Isfahan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1063, "year_label": "1063 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Damghan: Seljuk forces under Alp Arslan defeat his brother Qutalmish who claims the throne of late Tughril, founder of the Seljuk Empire. Qutalmish flees from the battle, but his son Suleiman is taken prisoner.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370137387#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1063", "revid": 1370137387, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1074, "year_label": "1074 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Norman mercenaries, led by Roussel de Bailleul, proclaim John Doukas emperor of the Byzantine Empire. His nephew, Emperor Michael VII Doukas, forms an alliance with Seljuk chieftain Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, who is raiding in the eastern regions of Anatolia. The Seljuk Turks ambush the Norman forces; Roussel and John are defeated and captured; but a ransom, raised by Roussel's wife, allows him to return to Amaseia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339713038#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1074", "revid": 1339713038, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1077, "year_label": "1077 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, a cousin of late Sultan Alp Arslan, consolidates his leadership over the Oghuz Turks and founds the Sultanate of Rum (modern Turkey).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303472978#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1077", "revid": 1303472978, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1079, "year_label": "1079 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Seljuk Turks under Sultan Suleiman ibn Qutulmish reach and occupy the western coast of Asia Minor, an area known since the Archaic Period (c. 800–c. 500 BC) as Ionia (modern Turkey).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068328#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1079", "revid": 1267068328, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1080, "year_label": "1080 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Nikephoros Melissenos, a Byzantine general and aristocrat, seizes control of what remains of Byzantine Asia Minor (modern Turkey), and proclaims himself emperor against Nikephoros III Botaneiates. Melissenos makes an alliance with Sultan Suleiman ibn Qutulmish and recruits many Turkish mercenaries to his army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363303187#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1080", "revid": 1363303187, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1086, "year_label": "1086 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, killed in battle", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277859585#Deaths", "title": "1086", "revid": 1277859585, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1086, "year_label": "1086 CE", "section": "Deaths", "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"}}]}