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نجم الدين أيلغازي بن أرتق

نجم الدين أيلغازي بن أرتق

c. 1122 CE · 516 AH

The Artuqid amir Najm al-Din Ilghazi, lord of Mardin after his brother Sukman — both former amirs of Tutush; he took Aleppo after Tutush's sons died and Mayyafariqin too, a brave and generous campaigner; d. 516, succeeded in Mardin by his son Husam al-Din Timurtash 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Summary

Najm al-Din Ilghazi, the Artuqid emir and lord of Mardin, succeeded his brother Suqman; both had been emirs of Tutush, lord of Syria. After Tutush's sons died, Ilghazi seized Aleppo and also took Mayyafariqin. He was a brave horseman, much given to raiding and to largesse. He died in 516 and his son Husam al-Din Timurtash succeeded him at Mardin. 1

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Sukman ibn Artuq

People and things also explored

Artuq ibn Aksak· Kerbogha, lord of Mosul· Artuqid dynasty· Sukman ibn Artuq

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 528
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Artuq ibn Aksak

Artuq ibn Aksak, a mamluk of Sultan Malikshah ibn Alp Arslan held in high esteem in their state; set over Hillwan and the Iraqi marches, he was sent in the 477 AH army against Mosul under Fakhr al-Dawla ibn Jahir, was defeated and besieged by Muslim ibn Quraysh at Amid, then joined Tutush — beaten by him yet acquitting himself well — interceded for Aleppo's defender Ibn al-Husayn, and died in Jerusalem in 483 leaving his sons Abu al-Ghazi and Sukman to succeed him.