Tschaghri Beg

Tschaghri-Beg Dawud ibn Mika'il ibn Seldschuq ( Persian چغري بك داود, DMG Čaġri-Beg Dāwūd ; * 989 ; † July 16, 1060 ) was a member of the Princely House of the Seljuks , the leading family of the Turkish Oghuz . Together with his brother Toghril-Beg he founded the Great Seljuq dynasty in Iran; all subsequent rulers of this royal house , including those in Kirman and Syria , descended from him.

Abu Sulaiman Dawud was a son of Mika'il and thus a grandson of Seljuq, the progenitor of the dynasty. The Turkish name Tschaghri (modern Turkish : Çağrı ) means “little falcon ” or “Merlin” .

Tschaghri- Beg emigrated with his clan from the Qarachanid- ruled Transoxania via Khoresm to Churasan due to pressure from rival tribes . The Iranian province was then part of the Ghaznavid Empire . Due to other problems in India, these initially tolerated the newcomers. In 1035, however, the Seljuks defeated the Ghaznavid ruler Ma'sud I. In 1037, Chaghri-Beg took the city of Merw . A year later, Toghril-Beg won Nishapur . In the decisive battle of Dandanqan (1040) the brothers finally defeated the mighty Ghaznavids, expelled them from Churasan and divided the area (as well as the territories still to be conquered) among themselves. While Toghril-Beg to the west Mesopotamia pushed forward, the rule of the Shiite Buyids in Baghdad ended (in 1056) and new "patron" of the Sunni Abbasid caliphate was Tschaghri-Beg consolidated the eastern borders of the Seljuk Empire, where he repeatedly with the Ghaznavids had to do who wanted to regain their former territories in Churasan.

Unlike Toghril-Beg, Tschaghri-Beg did not have the new title Sultan , but ruled in the east, where Merw served as his capital, as malik al-mulūk , ie "King of kings". He was recognized as overlord by the Kirman Seljuks (the first of whom was his son Qawurd ) as well as by the Sistani Nasrid emirs . As a sign of the alliance between the Abbasids and the Seljuks, the Caliph al-Qa'im married a daughter of Chaghri-Beg named Arslan-Chatun Khadijah (and Toghril-Beg a daughter of the Caliph ).

Tschaghri-Beg invaded Byzantine territory with his brother and was involved in the attacks against Ani and Vaspurakan . In 1059 he suppressed an uprising by his half-brother Ibrahim Inal ; In 1060 he died of an illness, whereupon his son Alp-Arslan inherited him as ruler in Churasan.

Web links

C. Edmund Bosworth: ČAḠRĪ BEG DĀWŪD . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume 4 (6), paragraph a037, as of December 15, 1990, accessed on June 9, 2011 (English, including references)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b C. E. Bosworth : Article ČAḠRĪ BEG DĀWŪD , In: Encyclopædia Iranica - ČAḠRĪ BEG DĀWŪD b. Mīḵāʾīl b. Saljūq, Abū Solaymān (b. In the 380s / 990s, d. 452/1060), a member of the Saljuqs, the leading family of the Oghuz Turks, who with his brother Ṭoḡrel (Ṭoḡrïl) Beg (qv) founded the Great Saljuq Dynasty in Persia in the 5th / 11th century. All the subsequent rulers of this dynasty, as well as those of the Saljuqs of Kermān (descendents of Qāvord b. Čaḡrī) and of Syria (descendents of Totoš b. Alp Arslān), derived from him. The name Čaḡrī (Čaḡrï) is Turkish and literally means “small falcon, merlin” (Clauson, p. 410).

personal data
SURNAME	Tschaghri Beg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Čaghrī Beg; Čaghrī Beg Dāwūd; Chagri; Çağrı Bey; Tschaghri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Seljuk prince
DATE OF BIRTH	989
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 1060

[ira1-1] C. E. Bosworth : Article ČAḠRĪ BEG DĀWŪD , In: Encyclopædia Iranica - ČAḠRĪ BEG DĀWŪD b. Mīḵāʾīl b. Saljūq, Abū Solaymān (b. In the 380s / 990s, d. 452/1060), a member of the Saljuqs, the leading family of the Oghuz Turks, who with his brother Ṭoḡrel (Ṭoḡrïl) Beg (qv) founded the Great Saljuq Dynasty in Persia in the 5th / 11th century. All the subsequent rulers of this dynasty, as well as those of the Saljuqs of Kermān (descendents of Qāvord b. Čaḡrī) and of Syria (descendents of Totoš b. Alp Arslān), derived from him. The name Čaḡrī (Čaḡrï) is Turkish and literally means “small falcon, merlin” (Clauson, p. 410).