powerful landed aristocracy of the sultanate, supported Kaykaus. From his base in Malatya, Kaykaus seized Kayseri and then Konya, inducing Leo to change...

ethnic (Turkic/Persian and Greek) identity as Kaykhusraw I, Kaykaus II, and Mesud II. Kayqubad I had good relations with the Muslim scholars, Sufis and...

Kaykaus, Keykavus, Kai Kaus, Keikavoos, or Keykavos (Persian: کیکاوس or كيكاووس), may refer to: Kai Kaus (11th century) Izeddin Kaykaus Kaykaus I (died...

Sultan Kaykaus I, and Alexios was tortured in sight of the Sinopians. The city submitted to Kaykaus and Alexios was freed after becoming Kaykaus' vassal...

Kaykhusraw II, son of Kayqubad I, 1237–1246 Kaykaus II, son of Kaykhusraw II (sole rule) 1246–1248 Kaykaus II (joint rule), 1248–1259 (with Kilij Arslan...

Kaykhusraw I (Old Anatolian Turkish: كَیخُسرو or Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw ibn Kilij Arslān; Persian: غياث‌الدين كيخسرو بن قلج ارسلان), the eleventh and...

1246 until 1262. Kaykaus was the eldest of three sons of Kaykhusraw II. His mother was Prodoulia, a Roman who may have had Kaykaus baptized as a child...

imprisoned. He concluded a peace treaty with Kaykhushraw's son and successor, Kaykaus I. Theodore sent letters to the Greeks under the Latins' rule to inform...

emir of Aleppo, and Kaykaus I, the Seljuq sultan of Rum, who often invaded Cilicia during the following years, to prevent Leo I from attacking Antioch...

power of the Trapezuntine emperors. After the fall of Sinope to Sultan Kaykaus I in 1214, the Empire of Trebizond ceased to be a major contender for restoring...