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The Saljūq Campaign against the Crimea andthe Expansionist Policy of the Early Reign of ‘Alā’al-Dīn Kayqubād*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2006

A. C. S. Peacock
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Abstract

The reign of Sultan ‘Alā’ al-Dīn Kayqubād (1219-1237)is depicted by both mediaeval and modern sources asthe apogee of the Saljūq Sultanate of Rūm (Anatolia)(c. 1081–1308). The later court historian, Ibn Bībī,reflected subsequent generations' perception of‘Alā’ al-Dīn when he recorded that “the earth hasnever borne a king the like of him, nor have thehigh heavens looked down on such a one”. Above all,his reign was remembered for the great militaryconquests that unified much of Anatolia under Saljūqrule. To the north, south and east neighbouringprincipalities, both Muslim and Christian, wereeither annexed outright or reduced to tributarystatus in a series of memorable campaigns.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , July 2006 , pp. 133 - 149
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 2006

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I am grateful to the British Academy Black SeaInitiative and the British Institute ofArchaeology at Ankara for supporting my research.I would also like to express my thanks to theMinistry of Culture of the Republic of Turkey forgranting me access to manuscript collectionsthere, and to Sara Nur Yildiz and Hugh Elton forcomments on an early draft of this paper.

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* I am grateful to the British Academy Black Sea Initiative and the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara for supporting my research. I would also like to express my thanks to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Turkey for granting me access to manuscript collections there, and to Sara Nur Yildiz and Hugh Elton for comments on an early draft of this paper.