Fatkin al-Turki · Islam Museum

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Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad

Summary

Aftakin the Turk, mawla of Mu'izz al-Dawla Ibn Buwayh; he seized Damascus and rose against the 'Ubaydi al-'Aziz, lord of Egypt, who marched against him in person. Their armies met in a great slaughter, Aftakin broke and fled — the bedouin Dughful b. al-Jarrah cut off his road and bore him to al-'Aziz with a rope at his neck; al-'Aziz freed him, treated him well, and he lived briefly before dying. ¹

Sources

Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan

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islam.museum contributors. “Fatkin al-Turki”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fatkin-al-turki/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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