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Gümüshtekin, also
known as
Gumushtekin (died
September 1177), was an
eunuch who held high
offices in the Zengids' empire. Nur ad-Din,
atabeg of Aleppo...
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opportunity to save the Sultan, kill
Gumushtekin and make
preparations for the
Siege of Kerek.
Gumushtekin is
killed by Gokboru, the
Sultan is saved...
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Danishmend Gazi (Persian: دانشمند غازی),
Danishmend Taylu, or Dānishmend Aḥmed Gāzī (died 1085), was the
Turkoman general of the
Seljuks and
later founder...
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father died in 1174. As-Salih came
under the
protection of the
eunuch Gümüshtekin and was
taken to Aleppo,
while Nur ad-Din's
officers competed for supremacy...
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which surrendered on 22
January 1171.
After ousting al-Masih, he put
Gümüshtekin, one of his officers, as governor,
leaving Saif ud-Din
nothing but the...
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mamluk ('slave-soldier')
Gümüshtekin ****umed the
regency for him in Aleppo.
Being unable to
resist attacks by Saladin,
Gümüshtekin sought the
support of...
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quickly disintegrated. His
eunuch confidant Gümüshtekin took As-Salih from
Damascus to Aleppo.
Gümüshtekin's rival, Ibn al-Muqaddam,
seized Damascus but...
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alliance with
Gumushtekin,
atabeg of Aleppo,
against Saladin, the
Ayyubid ruler of
Egypt and Syria, in May 1176. On Bohemond's demand,
Gumushtekin released...
- 1066/1067, the
region around the town was
ravaged by a
Turkish emir
called Gümüshtekīn who took
booty and captives. By the end of the
eleventh century, the...
- ****ume
power in Damascus. They
could not
prevent their rival the
eunuch Gümüshtekin from ****uming the
guardianship for Nur ad-Din's 11-year-old son and heir...
