Tags: Monarch.
Kayqubad I (1188-1237 Persian: علاء الدين كيقباد بن كيكاوس ‘Alā ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykāvūs; Turkish: I. Alâeddin Keykûbad) was the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm who reigned from 1220 to 1237. He expanded the borders of the sultanate at the expense of his neighbors particularly the Mengujek emirate and the Ayyubids and established a Seljuq presence on the Mediterranean with his acquisition of the port of Kalon Oros later renamed Ala’iyya in his honor.
