the Rūm forces fled, whereupon Kaykāwūs lost his nerve and took to flight. Al-Ashraf pursued him, snatching away his troops one after another and regaining Raʿbān and Tall Bashir.
It is also said that Kaykāwūs died at al-Khawāniq in the year 615 AH.
- Khwarazmshah Muḥammad ibn Īl Arslān ibn Atsiz al-Khwarazmī
The mighty sultan, ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Khwarazmshah Muḥammad, son of Sultan Khwarazmshah Īl Arslān, son of Khwarazmshah Atsiz, son of the emir Muḥammad ibn Nushtekin al-Khwarazmī.
Ibn Wāṣil (1) said: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn’s lineage goes back to Iltakin (2), a mamluk of Sultan Alp Arslān ibn Chaghribeg the Seljuq.
I (the author) say: I have already recorded some of his exploits in The Great History under the events: he wiped out kings, seized numerous provinces, and necks were bowed to him in submission. He fought the Khitans more than once; on one occasion his army was routed but he himself stood firm, and he and an emir were taken captive by a Khitani. Khwarazmshah thereupon presented himself as that emir’s slave and remained in his service. The emir said to the Khitani, “Send your envoy with this page of mine to my family so that they may forward money for my ransom.” The Khitani did so, the ruse succeeded, and Khwarazmshah returned to his realm. He then realised