Alp Arslan (Aleppo)

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Taj ad-Daula Alp Arslan al-Achras ( Arabic تاج الدولة ألب أرسلان الأخرس, DMG Tāǧ ad-Dawla Alp Arslān al-Aḫras ; * 1097 ; † 1114 ) was an emir of Aleppo from the Turkish-born dynasty of the Seljuks .

Alp Arslan was a son of the Emir Radwan and a daughter of the Yaghi-Siyan . Because of a speech impediment he was called "the dumb one". When his father died in December 1113, he was sixteen years old when he succeeded him in rule of Aleppo. His atabeg was the eunuch Lulu al-Yaya, but he was influenced by the commander of the city militia Said ibn Budai. After consulting with the Seljuk Sultan Muhammad I. Tapar , he had arranged for Alp Arslan to purge against the Shiite community of the Nizarites (Batinites / Assassins) still courted by his father . Their leader Abu Tahir "the goldsmith" was imprisoned and later executed. In a pogrom, several hundred Nizarites were killed in Aleppo and the rest were driven out of the city.

In the summer of 1114, Alp Arslan moved to Damascus , where he was recognized as its overlord by Tughtigin ( Burid ), who had ruled there independently since 1104 . On his return he had two of his brothers and some officials from his court tourage executed. The Atabeg Lulu also feared for his life and therefore had Alp Arslan murdered in his bedchamber in September 1114 in an act of prevention with the help of his slaves. As the new emir, the Atabeg installed the six-year-old Sultan Shah so that he could continue to rule in his name.

literature

  • Farhad Daftary , The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge University Press 1990, p. 334.
  • Heinz Halm , caliphs and assassins. Egypt and the Middle East at the time of the First Crusades 1074–1171. Munich: CH Beck 2014, p. 131.

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predecessor Office successor
Fachr al-Mulk Radwan Emir of Aleppo
(Seljuq dynasty)
1113–1114
Sultan Shah