At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military-commander
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Sukman ibn Artuq, amir from the house of Artuq ibn Aksak, one of the rulers of the Artuqid dynasty. He ruled Edessa and Serugh with his brother Abu al-Gazi after their father, in the year 483 AH 1.
In the time of the Crusades
Ibn Khaldun reports that when the Franks took Antioch in the year 491 AH, the amirs gathered to besiege them, and Sukman had in it "the praiseworthy station" 1.
He is also reported to have left Jerusalem under safe conduct when al-Afdal, lord of Egypt, took it. Between him and Kerbogha, lord of Mosul, there were strife and wars, in some of which his son Yaquti was captured 1.
Mardin
Sukman joined Jikirmish in fighting the Franks for the cause of holy war in the year 497 AH. They defeated them and captured Count Baldwin, lord of Edessa. Then he seized Mardin after Yaquti was killed, and his rule was settled there, together with the fortress of Kayfa and Nisibis 1.
Connections
- Fought by
- Kerbogha, lord of Mosul
- Sibling of
- نجم الدين أيلغازي بن أرتق
- Child of
- Artuq ibn Aksak
- Ruler of
- Artuqid dynasty
- Fought
- Kerbogha, lord of Mosul
People and things also explored
Artuq ibn Aksak· Artuqid dynasty· Jerusalem· Kerbogha, lord of Mosul· نجم الدين أيلغازي بن أرتق
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
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