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Mughith al-Din Tughrilshah

d. 1225 · 13th century · Also known as Tughrilshah

Mughith al-Din Tughrilshah was a prince of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and a son of Kilij Arslan II. In 1202 his brother Süleymanshah II gave him Erzurum, taken from the Saltukids, and he ruled it as a largely independent principality until his death. His son Jahanshah succeeded him but lost Erzurum to the Rum Seljuk sultan Kayqubad I around 1230.

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