# Rükneddin Cihan Şah

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- **Veraset:** Erzurum Meliki
- **Hüküm süresi:** 1225-1230
- **Önce gelen:** Tuğrul Şah
- **Vekil başlık:** Sultan
- **Vekil:** I. Alâeddin Keykubad (1225-1230)
- **Hanedan:** Selçuklu
- **Babası:** Tuğrul Şah
- **Annesi:** Seyfettin Baytimur'un kızı

**Rüknüddin Cihanşah bin Tuğrul** (1206'dan önce- 1230'dan sonra), [Erzurum](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Erzurum) melikidir. Erzurum meliki [Tuğrul Şah](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Tu%C4%9Frul_%C5%9Eah)'ın oğludur. Annesi [Ahlatşah](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Ahlat%C5%9Fahlar_Beyli%C4%9Fi) beyi [Seyfettin Baytimur](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Seyfettin_Baytimur)'un kızıdır.[^1] Cihanşah, Anadolu'daki sultanlığını çok sayıda oğlu arasında paylaştıran [II. Kılıç Arslan'ın](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/II._K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7_Arslan) torunuydu. Kardeşi [Gıyâseddin Türkanşah](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/G%C4%B1y%C3%A2seddin_T%C3%BCrkan%C5%9Fah)'tır.

[II. Kılıç Arslan](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/II._K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7_Arslan)'ın oğlu [II. Süleyman Şah](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/II._S%C3%BCleyman_%C5%9Eah)'ın 1201-1202 yıllarında Ezurum'u fethetmesinden önce, Erzurum 1071'den 1202'ye kadar [Saltuklular](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Saltuklu_Beyli%C4%9Fi) tarafından yönetiliyordu.[^2] Bu fetihten sonraki 30 yıl boyunca Erzurum, iki Selçuklu meliki Tuğrul Şah ve oğlu Cihan Şah tarafından yönetildi.[^3]

Cihanşah [Ahlat](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Ahlat) Kuşatması'na katıldı.[^4]

1230'da [Yassı Çimen Muharebesi'nde](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Yass%C4%B1%C3%A7emen_Muharebesi) yenilene kadar [Celaleddin Harezmşah](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/Cel%C3%A2leddin_Harezm%C5%9Fah) ile ittifak kurdu.[^5]

Erzurum 1230 yılında [Alaeddin Keykubad](https://turkipedia.org/tr/wiki/I._Al%C3%A2eddin_Keykubad). tarafından fethedildi.[^6]

[^1]: Djaparidze. 12. – 13. yüzyılda Gürcistan ve Yakın Doğu İslam dünyası. 1995, s. 181-182. <https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/9045/13/SaqartveloDaMaxlobeliAgmisavletisIslamuriSamyaroXII-XIISaikunisPirvelMesamedshi_Gateqstebuli.pdf>
[^2]: Quote: "The Saltuqids' main role in the political and military affairs of the time was in warfare with the Georgians, expanding southwards from the time of their king David the Restorer (1089-1125), often as allies of the Shah-i Armanids (see above, no. 97); but in a curious episode, Muhammad b. Saltuq II's son offered to convert to Christianity in order to marry the celebrated Queen T'amar of Georgia. The last years of the family are unclear, but in 598/1202 the Rum Seljuq Sulayman II, while en route for a campaign against the Georgians, put an end to the Saltuqids; and for some thirty years after this, Erzurum was to be ruled by two Seljuq princes as an appanage before Kay Qubadh I in 627/1230 incorporated it into his sultanate."
[^3]: Quote: "The Saltuqids' main role in the political and military affairs of the time was in warfare with the Georgians, expanding southwards from the time of their king David the Restorer (1089-1125), often as allies of the Shah-i Armanids (see above, no. 97); but in a curious episode, Muhammad b. Saltuq II's son offered to convert to Christianity in order to marry the celebrated Queen T'amar of Georgia. The last years of the family are unclear, but in 598/1202 the Rum Seljuq Sulayman II, while en route for a campaign against the Georgians, put an end to the Saltuqids; and for some thirty years after this, Erzurum was to be ruled by two Seljuq princes as an appanage before Kay Qubadh I in 627/1230 incorporated it into his sultanate."
[^4]: Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society. Pakistan Historical Society., 1976, s. 123. <https://books.google.com/books?id=7hJuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123>
[^5]: Sinclair, Thomas. Eastern Trade and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages: Pegolotti’s Ayas-Tabriz Itinerary and its Commercial Context. Routledge, 6 Aralık 2019, s. Note 106. <https://books.google.com/books?id=3kLBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT133>
[^6]: Quote: "The Saltuqids' main role in the political and military affairs of the time was in warfare with the Georgians, expanding southwards from the time of their king David the Restorer (1089-1125), often as allies of the Shah-i Armanids (see above, no. 97); but in a curious episode, Muhammad b. Saltuq II's son offered to convert to Christianity in order to marry the celebrated Queen T'amar of Georgia. The last years of the family are unclear, but in 598/1202 the Rum Seljuq Sulayman II, while en route for a campaign against the Georgians, put an end to the Saltuqids; and for some thirty years after this, Erzurum was to be ruled by two Seljuq princes as an appanage before Kay Qubadh I in 627/1230 incorporated it into his sultanate."