Fals - Qizil Arslan 'Uthman citing Seljuq Sanjar

Qizil Arslan 'Uthman ruled the Ildegizid atabegs of Azerbaijan for only three years before his assassination in 1191, a reign defined largely by his audacious seizure of the Seljuq sultan Toghril III — whom he imprisoned and effectively replaced as the dominant power in northwestern Persia. The citation of the long-dead Seljuq Sanjar on this fals, rather than the reigning sultan, is a deliberate legitimizing fiction: Sanjar had died in 1157, but invoking his name projected continuity with Seljuq authority while Qizil Arslan consolidated his own.