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Lot 13

A Rare Anatolian Commander's Mace Head
Reign Of Kaykaus I, Sultan Of Rum (1211-1220 A.D.)

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Anatolian Commander's Mace Head
Reign Of Kaykaus I, Sultan Of Rum (1211-1220 A.D.)

Of copper alloy, tubular in form with head formed of six ear-shaped flanges (one incomplete), and with integral moulded socket cut with silver-inlaid inscription 'Ahmad Shamil, one of the Amirs [commanders] of Izzaddin' in naskh script

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Izzaddin Kaykaus I was Sultan of Rum from 1211 until his death in 1220. His succession was challenged by his two younger brothers, Kaykhusrau Ibrahim and the future Kayqubad I, on the death of his father Kaykhusraw I, following the battle of Alasehir in 1211. Initially Kayqubad had the support of Leo I, the King of Cilican Armenia, and his uncle Tughrilshah, the independent ruler of Erzurum. At this time Kayferidun imperiled the recently acquired part of Antalya by seeking the aid of the Cypriot Franks. Most of the emirs, as the powerful landed aristocracy of the sultanate, supported Kaykaus and from his base in Malatya, Kaykaus seized Kayseri and then Konya, inducing Leo to change sides. Kayqubad was forced to flee to the fortress at Ankara, where he sought aid from the Turkman tribes of Kastamonu. Kaykaus soon apprehended both of his brothers and secured the throne for himself. During this time of conflict, Kaykaus negotiated a peace settlement with Theodore Laskaris, the Byzantine Emperor of Nicaea. The treaty marked the end of hostilities between the Saljuq state and the Empire of Nicaea, though Turkman nomads continued to occasionally trouble the border

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