Artuq b. Ali, lord of Mardin

أرتق بن علي صاحب ماردين

1239 CE · 636 AH

Mardin

The Artuqid lord of Mardin (killed 636) — ~35 just years, murdered by his own ghilman in league with his grandson; succeeded by his son Najm al-Din Ghazi 1.

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emir
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Anatolia · Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu Ali al-Shalubin · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi

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Mardin

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    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Artuq b. 'Ali, the Artuqid lord of Mardin (killed 636); he held Mardin some thirty-five years and was, on the whole, just and religious; his ghilman murdered him in league with his grandson, and his son Najm al-Din Ghazi succeeded 1.

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    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 188
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    islam.museum contributors. “Artuq b. Ali, lord of Mardin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/artuq-ibn-ali-mardin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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