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Zahir al-Din
Toghtekin or
Tughtekin (Modern Turkish: Tuğtekin;
Arabicised epithet: ظاهر الدين طغتكين
Zahir ad-Din Tughtikin; died
February 12, 1128),...
- his
mentor (atabeg),
Toghtekin, took
control of
Damascus and the
Burid line of the
Seljuq dynasty.
Under Duqaq and
Toghtekin,
Damascus experienced stability...
- 12th century, as
subjects of the
Seljuk Empire. The
first Burid ruler,
Toghtekin,
began as a
servant to the
Seljuk ruler of Damascus, Duqaq. Following...
- sent
envoys to
Toghtekin in
Damascus to
argue against his
making an
alliance with the
Egyptian vizier, Al-Afdal Shahanshah, but
Toghtekin demanded Oultrejourdain...
- regent)
Toghtekin emerged as the ruler, but
faced strong opposition.
Baldwin promised to
support Duqaq's
young brother Irtash against Toghtekin. His intervention...
- city, the
siege was
relieved by the
Turkoman ruler of Damascus,
Toghtekin.
Toghtekin installed his own
governor in the city,
which however remained nominally...
-
guest of
Toghtekin,
atabeg of Damascus. He was
replaced at
Mosul by al-Bursuqi, who
himself would be a
victim of the ********ins in 1126.
Toghtekin's son, the...
- from the
Turcoman prince Ilghazi of Mardin. In
January 1124,
Balak and
Toghtekin, the
Burid atabeg of Damascus,
breached Azaz's defenses, but were repulsed...
-
Damascus during first crusade.
After the
death of
Daqqaq in 6 June 1104,
Toghtekin carried out his will by
taking over the
governorship of
Damascus after...
- his
nephew Roger of Salerno. In May 1113,
Mawdud invaded Galilee with
Toghtekin,
atabeg of Damascus. On 28 June this
force surprised Baldwin, chasing...
