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Qizil Arslan
Qizil Arslan was an atabeg of the Eldiguzid dynasty of Azerbaijan, the son of Eldiguz, who succeeded his brother Jahan Pahlavan in 1186. He fought the last Seljuk sultan Toghrul III, imprisoned him and proclaimed himself sultan, but was murdered in 1191. Like his family he was a patron of the poet Nizami Ganjavi.
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