Seljug of Rum: 1237-1246 AD AR Dirham

Seljug of Rum: 1237-1246 AD AR Dirham

Obverse:

Lion passant to right, above a sun in radiance, star to the left and right of sun. Inscribed in Arabic above.

Reverse:

Lion passant to right, above a sun in radiance, star to the left and right of sun. Inscribed in Arabic above.

Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw II (Persian: غياث الدين كيخسرو بن كيقباد‎ Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Kaykhusraw bin Kayqubād) was the sultan of the Seljuqs of Rûm from 1237 until his death in 1246. He ruled at the time of the Babai uprising and the Mongol invasion of Anatolia. He led the Seljuq army with its Christian allies at the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243. He was the last of the Seljuq sultans to wield any significant power and died a vassal of the Mongols.