Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (21/212)

Sulayman ibn Qutulmish ibn Isra’il ibn Bighu ibn Seljuq, the Seljuq Turkmen, king of Rūm. In general he was just, well-guided, and politically capable. His days were long, and he was the father of al-Sitt al-Saljuqiyyah (1), the consort of Imam al-Nasir.

His reign lasted twenty-nine years—others say a little over thirty. When he grew old, his sons gained ascendancy over him. Ibn al-Athir (2) states: “Among the territories he held were Konya, Aksaray, Sivas, and Malatya. He combined political skill with justice, possessed great majesty, and waged many campaigns.”

As he advanced in age, he distributed his lands among his sons. Thereafter his son Qutb al-Din placed him under restraint, so he fled to another son, who soon tired of him. At length his son Kaykhusraw took care of him, and he regretted having parcelled out his dominions.

He died in Konya, in mid-Shaʿban 588 AH. I say: It is claimed that he was secretly assassinated, but this has not been verified. After him his son Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw assumed the sultanate. Malikshah ibn Qilij Arslan died a short time after his father, whereupon Kaykhusraw firmly established his rule; he was the father of Sultan Kaykaʾus.

= Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil. Further biographical notices are found in Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Mirʾah 8:420; Abu Shama, al-Rawdatayn 2:209; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, fol. 143 (İstanbul, Ahmet III 2917/14), and al-Ibar 4:267, among other sources. The name is also spelled Qilij. (1) This refers to Saljuqi Khatun, known as al-Khalatiyya, who died in 584/1188–89 (Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil 12:11; al-Mundhiri, al-Takmila 1, no. 42, and others). (2) Al-Kamil 12:40.

سُلَيْمَانَ بنِ قُتُلْمش بنِ إِسْرَائِيْلَ بنِ بيغو بنِ سَلْجُوْقٍ السَّلْجُوْقِيُّ، التُّرُكْمَانِيُّ، مَلِكُ الرُّوْم. فِيه عَدْلٌ فِي الجُمْلَةِ، وَسدَادٌ، وَسيَاسَةٌ. امتدَّت أَيَّامه، وَهُوَ وَالِدُ الَسْتِّ السُّلْجُوْقِيَّة (١) زَوْجَة الإِمَام النَّاصِر. كَانَتْ دَوْلَته تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِيْنَ سَنَةً -وَقِيْلَ: بِضْعاً وَثَلاَثِيْنَ سَنَةً- وَشَاخ، وَقوِيَ عَلَيْهِ بَنُوْهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ الأَثِيْرِ (٢) : كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ البِلاَد قُوْنيَة، وَأَقْصَرَا، وَسيوَاس، وَملطيَة، وَكَانَ ذَا سيَاسَة وَعدل، وَهَيْبَة عَظِيْمَة، وَغَزَوَات كَثِيْرَة. وَلَمَّا كبر، فَرّق بلاَده عَلَى أَوْلاَده، ثُمَّ حجر عَلَيْهِ ابْنه قُطْب الدِّيْنِ، فَفَرّ مِنْهُ إِلَى ابْنِهِ الآخر، فَتبّرم بِهِ، ثُمَّ خدَمه وَلده كيخسرو، وَنَدِمَ عَلَى تَفرِيق بلاَده. وَكَانَتْ وَفَاتُهُ بِقُوْنِيَة، سَنَة ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانِيْنَ وَخَمْسِ مائَةٍ، فِي مُنْتَصف شَعْبَان. قُلْتُ: وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّهُ قُتِل سرّاً -وَلَمْ يَصِحَّ-. وَتسلطنَ بَعْدَهُ ابْنه: غِيَاث الدِّيْنِ كيخسرو. وَمَاتَ مَلِكْشَاه بنُ قِلج أَرْسَلاَن بَعْد أَبِيْهِ بِيَسِيْرٍ، وَتَمَكَّنَ كيخسرو، وَهُوَ وَالِدُ السُّلْطَان كيكَاوس.

= الأثير. وترجم له سبط ابن الجوزي في المرآة: ٨ / ٤٢٠ وأبو شامة في الروضتين: ٢ / ٢٠٩ والذهبي في تاريخ الإسلام، الورقة ١٤٣ (أحمد الثالث ٢٩١٧ / ١٤) ، والعبر: ٤ / ٢٦٧ وغيرهم. ويقال فيه: قليج. (١) هي سلجوقي خاتون المعروفة بالخلاطية المتوفاة سنة ٥٨٤ (ابن الأثير في (الكامل) : ١٢ / ١١، المنذري في (التكملة) : ١ / الترجمة ٤٢ وغيرهم) . (٢) (الكامل) : ١٢ / ٤٠