the caliph army routed by Sultan Tughril

انهزام عسكر الخليفة من السلطان طغرل

c. 1190 CE · 586 AH

Baghdad

The caliph al-Nasir army was routed by Sultan Tughril III — the caliph own fosterling, raised against the atabegs until he held Rayy, Hamadan, Isfahan and Azerbaijan 1.

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118011901200 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Baghdad

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The army of the caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah was defeated by Sultan Tughril ibn Arslan. Al-Nasir had favoured Tughril and strengthened his position by granting him the atabegate, until Tughril came to rule Rayy, Hamadan, Isfahan and Azerbaijan 2.

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al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'· السلطان طغرل الثالث بن أرسلان

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Death of caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah· Death of caliph al-Nasir's son· death of al-Mustaḍīʾ — the forty-seven-year caliphate of al-Nāṣir begins· Killing of Sultan Tughril III, last Seljuk sultan in Iraq· al-Nasir's vizier Nasir al-Din dismissed· al-Nasir builds the Nizamiyya library and the Harim-gate ribat· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 178
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.178
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