Dergiler / Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi / 2017 / Sayı: 6
SULTANLIĞI MEŞRUİYET KAZANMAMIŞ BİR SELÇUKLU ŞEHZADESİ: TUĞRUL ARSLAN
- Sayı
- 2017 · Sayı: 6
- Sayfa
- 35–52
- DOI
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Özet
Türkiye Selçuklu sultanı I. Kılıç Arslan’ın vefatından sonra sultanın küçük oğlu Tuğrul Arslan,
Abstract
Aftermath of death of Anatolian Seljuk Sultan, Kilic Arslan I, the minor son of Sultan, TugrulArslan, was acclaimed to be sultan in Malatia. Although there are evident records regarding his reignand activities of Tugrul Arslan in the relevant resources, his name was not mentioned among thesultans of Seljuks. It is reported that the Seljuk reign remained vacant until the reign of Shahinshah.Tugrul Arslan referred as Sultan in resources, ruled the empire under guardianship of his atabegsand mother Aisha Khatun in Malatia until 1124. It was observed that Tugrul Arslan exhibited weak administration as he was failed to escape his mother’s influence. Nevertheless, although politicalinfluence of Seljuk State eroded after death of Kilic Arslan, Tugrul Arslan succeeded to rule asignificant city of Malatia where strong competition took place under Seljuk flag for long period time.Besides, interregnum period occurred afterwards of Kilic Arslan’s death was somehow prevented afterTugrul Arslan was acclaimed as sultan. Whether Tugrul Arslan was one of the Seljuk sultans is anessential issue which has not attached importance until today. In the present study, reign of TugrulArslan as Seljuk Sultan in Malatia will be investigated in the light of resources from the period of1107 and 1124.