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Qasim al-Dawla Aqsunqur

قسيم الدولة أقسنقر

c. 1094 CE · 487 AH

Qasim al-Dawla Aqsunqur, Malikshah's amir of Aleppo and ancestor of Nur al-Din al-Adil's line; after Malikshah's death he yielded Aleppo, then met Tutush a few parasangs from the city, was routed, brought in captive and killed cold-bloodedly — his men took their revenge in Tutush's own killing at Rayy in 488 AH.

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At a glance

Roles
military-commander
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi

Overview

Aqsunqur, Qasim al-Dawla, the amir of Sultan Malik Shah over Aleppo, and the grandfather of Nur al-Din al-Adil. He gave obedience after the death of Malik Shah, because his sons were young. Then Tutush took the rule of Aleppo, and his men grew strong, and Tutush met him a few leagues from Aleppo. 1

Aqsunqur was defeated and brought as a captive, and Tutush killed him in cold blood. His companions avenged him by killing Tutush at al-Rayy in 488 AH. 1

Notes for researchers

  • The estimated year of his death is about 480 AH, and it is disputed; it needs an additional source.

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Fought
تاج الدولة تتش

People and things also explored

ألب أرسلان عضد الدولة بن جغري بك· Duqaq ibn Tutush· Ridwan ibn Tutush· تاج الدولة تتش

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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ألب أرسلان عضد الدولة بن جغري بك

Second Seljuk sultan, succeeding his uncle Tughrul in 455 with al-Qa'im's investiture; al-Dhahabi: the first called 'sultan' on Baghdad's minbars, he reached what no king had reached, opened many Christian lands, and took Nizam al-Mulk as vizier — who ended his predecessor's cursing of the Ash'aris, championed the Shafi'is, honoured Imam al-Haramayn and al-Qushayri, and built the Nizamiyya, 'said to be the first school built for the jurists'. He died of Yushk the Khwarizmian fortress-keeper's knife at Barbar on the Jihun in 465, entrusting the realm to Malikshah and Nizam al-Mulk; he never saw Baghdad though it lay within his kingdom, and it was he who domed Abu Hanifa's grave.