At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Sultan Alp Arslan sent his commander Atsiz ibn Uwaq on a campaign to southern Syria, according to al-Sallabi. 1
Atsiz took Ramla and Jerusalem from the Fatimids, but he could not take Ascalon, the gate of Egypt. Before that, Alp Arslan had besieged the Mirdasid state in Aleppo, and forced its amir Mahmud ibn Salih to proclaim the caliphate of the Abbasid caliph in 462 AH (1070 CE). 1
The source does not date the campaign itself; its date in the data is approximate and needs an additional source.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Jerusalem· al-Ramla
- Had participant
- أتسز بن أوق الخوارزمي· ألب أرسلان عضد الدولة بن جغري بك
People and things also explored
Earthquake at Ramla and the sea's recession, 425· Jerusalem· al-Ramla· Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Dome of the Rock· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 30
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Atsiz ibn Uwaq's campaign against Syria”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/atsiz-sham-campaign/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.