At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- 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
In 520 AH the Batiniyya killed Aq Sunqur al-Bursuqi, the amir of Mosul, while he was praying in its Great Mosque. He had been occupied with fighting the Crusaders. 2
Ibn al-Athir's description
Al-Salabi, quoting Ibn al-Athir, says that he was a Turkish mamluk who loved the people of knowledge and the righteous, saw justice and practised it, and kept the prayers at their times. 2
Connections
- Occurred at
- Mosul
- Had participant
- آق سنقر البرسقي
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of al-Nuri· Battle of al-Khazir· Conquest of Mosul· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul· death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil marches on Mosul and returns· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil besieges Mosul
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 35
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p.35
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Assassination of Aq Sunqur al-Bursuqi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/killing-aq-sunqur-bursuqi-520/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.