Radwan (Syria)

Fachr al-Mulk Radwan ibn Tutusch ibn Alp-Arslan ( Arabic فخر الملك رضوان بن تتش بن ألب أرسلان, DMG Faḫr al-Mulk Raḍwān b. Tutuš b. Alp-Arslan ; also Ridwan and Rudwan ; † around 1113 ) was a Seljuk ruler of Syria from 1095 to 1113. He was the son-in-law of Yaghi-Siyan , the Atabeg of Antioch and the older brother of Duqaq , who had inherited Syria and Damascus from their father, Tutusch I.

Radwan revolted against his brother, the empire was divided, Radwan received Aleppo and established his seat of government there. After Duqaq's death in 1104, two weak rulers followed him, which led Radwan to conquer Damascus in the same year without moving his capital there afterwards. On his death, his underage son Alp-Arslan al-Achras succeeded him to the throne.

When his father-in-law Yaghi-Siyan was besieged by the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098 (see Siege of Antioch ), Radwan called for help, who was defeated by the Christians on February 9, 1098 in a battle near Harim outside the city. The second attempt together with Kerboga and Duqaq to liberate the city also failed. When the Muslim army marched in front of the city on June 5, 1098, it had already been conquered, the ensuing siege of the Christians ended with a field battle on June 28, in which the Muslims again lost.

In 1101 Ridwan allied himself with Kılıç Arslan I. and Danischmend Ghazi against the Crusaders and contributed to the victories against the armies of the crusade of 1101 at Mersivan and Herakleia .

After Kılıç Arslan I. had conquered Mosul in 1107 , Ridwan allied himself with the Great Seljuq Muhammad I. Tapar and defeated Kılıç Arslan I. in battle.

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• Kenneth Setton (Ed.): A History of the Crusades, vol. I . University of Pennsylvania Press; 1958 ( online version ).
• HAR Gibb (translator): The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades: Extracted and Translated from the Chronicle of Ibn al-Qalanisi . London 1932, reprinted Dover 2002.

predecessor	Office	successor
Tutusch I.	Ruler of Aleppo (Seljuq dynasty) 1095–1113	Alp Arslan al-Achras