Ildeniz, a Kipchak by origin, formerly a …
Years: 1146 - 1146
Ildeniz, a Kipchak by origin, formerly a freedman of Seljuq sultan Mehmed I's (1118-1131) vizier Kamal Din al-Simirumi, had attained to the post of governor of Arran under Sultan Mas'ud (1134-1152).
His ascendancy to a position with the most powerful peripheral emirs of the Seljuq empire is aided by the necessity of having a large army against the frequent incursions from the neighboring kingdom of Georgia.
He makes himself the virtually independent ruler of the territory of present Azerbaijan by 1146.
