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Manjutakin (Arabic: منجوتكين) was a
military slave (ghulam) of the
Fatimid Caliph al-Aziz (r. 975–996). Of
Turkic origin, he
became one of the leading...
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against the
forces of the
Fatimid vizier of Damascus, the
Turkish general Manjutakin. The
battle was a
Fatimid victory. In the 990s, the
Byzantine Empire and...
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September 15 –
Battle of the Orontes:
Fatimid forces,
under Turkish general Manjutakin (also the
governor of Damascus),
besiege Apamea (modern Syria). Emperor...
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Aleppo by the army of the
Fatimid Caliphate under Manjutakin from the
spring of 994 to
April 995.
Manjutakin laid
siege to the city over the winter, while...
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months of campaigning, a lack of
supplies forced Manjutakin to
return to Damascus. In 994,
Manjutakin resumed his
offensive and in
September scored a major...
- in the
Balkans and the
Hamdanid ruler Sa'd al-Dawla died in late 991.
Manjūtakīn, the
Turkish Fatimid commander,
advanced methodically north along the...
- al-Hamadani,
Persian poet (b. 969) Guo,
empress of the Song
Dynasty (b. 975)
Manjutakin,
Fatimid general and
governor Maslama al-Majriti,
Andalusian chemist Pelayo...
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Fatimid governor of Damascus, the Turk
Manjutakin, and
invited him to
march onto
Egypt and
depose Ibn Ammar.
Manjutakin accepted, but was
defeated by Ibn Ammar's...
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dismissed Ibn Killis' protégé and
appointed the Turk
Manjutakin as
governor of Damascus.
Manjutakin's use of
Damascus as his base
during the
subsequent campaigns...
- Aleppo.
Early in the next year, a
Fatimid army
under Manjutakin advanced on Aleppo.
Manjutakin sent a
messenger to Bourtzes,
claiming that his conflict...
