Mesud II

Mesud II
Coin of Mesud II made between 1284-1296
Sultan of Rum
First reign1284–1297
PredecessorKaykhusraw III
SuccessorKayqubad III
Second reign1303–1308
PredecessorKayqubad III
SuccessorOffice abolished
Born1262
Died1308 (aged 46)
Burial
Samsun, Turkey
IssueGhiyath ad-Din Mesud III
Names
Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Mas'ūd bin Kaykāwūs
DynastySeljuk
FatherKaykaus II
ReligionIslam

Ghiyath al-Dīn Me’sud ibn Kaykaus or Mesud II (Old Anatolian Turkish: مَسعود دوم, Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Mas'ūd bin Kaykāwūs; Turkish: Gıyaseddin Mesud, Persian: غياث الدين مسعود بن كيكاوس) bore the title of Sultan of Rûm at various times between 1284 and 1308. He was a vassal of the Mongols under Mahmud Ghazan and exercised no real authority. Mesud died in 1308, the last of the Seljuks of Rum.