Mesud II

Mas'ud II ( غياث الدين مسعود بن كيكاوس, Ghiyath al -Din Mas'ud bin Kaykā'ūs; Turkish II Gıyaseddin Mesud ) was a Seljuk Sultan of Rum who repeatedly came to the throne 1282-1307.

Mas'ud II was the eldest son of Kai Kaus II and had as a vassal of the Ilkhanate no real power. About his fate after 1307 is not known. Mas'ud II spent as a part of the Sultan's family of his youth in exile in the Crimea and in Constantinople Opel. 1280 he returned to Anatolia and laid claim to the throne. 1282 was the leader of the Ilkhanate Tekuder the Sultan Kai Khosrau III. put to death, and appointed to the Sultan Mas'ud II. Tekuders successor Arghun divided the Sultanate of Rum in two parts and gave the western part including the capital Konya the two sons of the former Sultan. Mas'ud II, however, fell in 1286 in the western part and overthrew the sons of Kai Chosraus III.

Mas'ud II had in Anatolia to do with the competition of the new and ever-increasing Beyliks. Against this Beyliks pulled Mas'ud II with the permission of the Ilkhanate and Mongolian troops. One of these Beyliks were the Germiyan who had been a generation earlier settled by the Seljuks in southwest Anatolia. Aim of this policy was to control the potentially dangerous nomads. 1286 moved Mas'ud II against the Germiyan, he was supported by ilchanischen vizier Fakhr al -Din Ali. Despite some minor victories, Mas'ud II could not put the mobile Germiyan and defeat all. Other expeditions were directed against the Beyliks of Karaman and against the Esrefiden.

Mas'ud II was involved in intrigues against the distant ruler of the Ilkhanate Ghazan, so that he deposed from the throne and then by his nephew Kai Kobad III. was replaced. He had to leave Konya and go to Tabriz the capital of the Ilkhanate. Kai Kobad III. was later himself part of a conspiracy and was sentenced by Sultan Ghazan to death, but then spared and exiled to Isfahan. 1303 Mas'ud II was Sultan again. The Sultanate was becoming weaker with time and ceased after 1307 to exist.