Tutush I
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Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I (Turkish: I. Tutuş, Arabic: أبو سعيد تاج الدولة تتش السلجوقي) (died 1095) was the Seljuq ruler (probably sultan or emir) of Damascus from 1079 to 1095, succeeding Atsiz ibn Uvaq al-Khwarazmi. He finished the construction of the Citadel of Damascus, a project that had begun under the direction of Atsiz. Tutush took control of Syria in 1085 from his brother, the sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire Malik Shah I,[1] but lost it in 1086, only to recapture it in 1094. Tutush, along with his general the Kakuyid Ali ibn Faramurz, were shortly defeated in a battle near Ray in 1095, where he and Ali were killed. Tutush's younger son Duqaq then inherited Damascus, causing Duqaq's older brother Radwan to revolt, splitting their father's realm.
References[edit]
- ^ First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936. BRILL. 1993. pp. 757–. ISBN 90-04-09796-1.
Sources[edit]
- Bosworth, C. E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217)". In Frye, R. N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–202. ISBN 0-521-06936-X.
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Preceded by Atsiz ibn Uvaq |
Emir of Damascus 1079–1095 |
Succeeded by Duqaq |
Preceded by Aq Sunqur al-Hajib |
Sultan of Aleppo 1094–1095 |
Succeeded by Radwan ibn Tausch |
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