Özet:

Mughith al-Din Toghril Shah is one of the sons of Kilij Arslan II. Before Kilij Arslan II died, he divided the country among his sons, and Elbistan was given to Mughith al-Din Toghril Shah in this division. During the struggle for the throne that started at the end of Kilij Arslan's life, Mughith al-Din Toghril Shah remained neutral and obeyed his brothers who dominated the throne. Mughith al-Din Toghril Shah remained in Elbistan until 1202, adhering to his brothers Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I and Rukn al-Din Sulayman Shah II. After this date, with the conquest of Erzurum, he became the Saldjuks malik of Erzurum from 1202 until he died in 1225. Mughith al-Din Toghril Shah started political and military relations with Georgians, Akhlat-shahs and Ayyubids in Erzurum. He made an alliance with Akhlat-shahs against the Georgians and Ayyubids. In order to get along with the Georgians, he converted one of his sons a to Christian and married him to the Georgian queen Rusudan. After the death of Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I, Mughith al-Din Toghril Shah acted independently and minted coins in his own name and delivered a sermon. These actions revealed the view that Erzurum was independent from the Seljuks of Rum. However, although Mughith al-Din Toghril Shah acted independently in Erzurum, there is not enough source say that Erzurum became independent from the Seljuks of Rum.