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ظهير الدين طغتكين أتابك

ظهير الدين طغتكين أتابك

c. February 1128 CE · Safar 522 AH

The atabeg Zahir al-Din Tughtigin — once an amir of the Saljuq Tutush at Damascus, married to Duqaq's mother, then Duqaq's atabeg, then lord of Damascus in his own right; a brave, prudent master of policy with famous stands against the Franks; d. Safar 522, buried in his turbah before the musalla, succeeded by his son Taj al-Muluk Buri 1.

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Roles
emir · General
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

Overview

The Atabeg Zahir al-Din Tughtigin; one of the amirs of the Seljuk Tutush at Damascus — Tutush married him to the mother of his son Duqaq; he then became Duqaq's atabeg, and afterwards king of Damascus. 1

His career

A master, brave, wise, managing and ruling well, with celebrated stands against the Franks; he died in Safar 522 and was buried in his mausoleum before the musalla, and his son Taj al-Muluk Buri ruled after him. 1

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Ruler of
Burid dynasty (atabegs of Damascus)

People and things also explored

شمس الملوك إسماعيل بن بوري بن طغتكين· Zahir al-Din Tughtakin the Atabeg· Burid dynasty (atabegs of Damascus)

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 545-546
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شمس الملوك إسماعيل بن بوري بن طغتكين

Shams al-Muluk Abu al-Fath Ismail ibn Taj al-Muluk Buri ibn Tughtigin; ruled Damascus after his father — majestic, brave, a constant raider who took several fortresses from the Franks, though he besieged his own brother at Baalbek; a tyrant and expropriator, so his mother Zumurrud Khatun arranged for court ladies to kill him in Damascus's citadel in Rabi' I 529 after about three years' rule; succeeded by his brother Mahmud under the atabeg Mu'in al-Din Unur.