At a glance
- Roles
- military-commander
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Artuq ibn Aksak, a Mamluk of Sultan Malik Shah ibn Alp Arslan. Ibn Khaldun gives him a "praised station" in their state. 1
His career
He was over Hulwan and its neighbouring lands in Iraq. Malik Shah sent him with an army to besiege Mosul together with Fakhr al-Dawla ibn Jahir in 477 AH, and Muslim ibn Qurayshi defeated him and besieged him at Amid. 1
He then joined Tutush, who met him and defeated him; in that battle he had the praised station. The ruler of Aleppo, Ibn al-Husayn, sought his protection and he gave it against Tutush. 1
His death
Notes
- The only source is Ibn Khaldun's "al-Ibar", p. 1357 according to the entity's data. The conversion of the Hijri date is derived, and it needs an additional source.
Connections
- Died in
- Jerusalem
- Parent of
- Sukman ibn Artuq
- Founder of
- Artuqid dynasty
People and things also explored
Sukman ibn Artuq· Artuqid dynasty· Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Dome of the Rock· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)· Arson at al-Aqsa Mosque (1969)
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Artuq ibn Aksak”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/artuq-ibn-aksak/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.