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Kaykaus II

d. c. 1279 · 13th century · Also known as Izz al-Din Kaykaus II

Kaykaus II was sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum from 1246, under Mongol overlordship, sharing or disputing the throne with his brothers Kilij Arslan IV and Kayqubad II. Pressed by the Mongols and his rivals, he fled to the Byzantine Empire in 1261 and later to the Golden Horde in the Crimea, where he died.

Kaykaus II
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