Kilij Arslan I, Sultan · Sultan who met the First Crusade

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RulerSultan · Sultan who met the First Crusade

Kilij Arslan Iقلج أرسلان الأول

Nicaea (Iznik)

The Seljuk sultan of Anatolia who lost Nicaea to the First Crusade.

He underestimated the first Crusader army and lost his capital Nicaea in 1097 and the battle of Dorylaeum. In 1101 he destroyed a second wave of Crusaders.

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Kayqubad I

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