Tughtigin

Zahir ad-Din Tughtigin ( Arabic ظهير الدين طغتكين, DMG Ẓahīr ad-Dīn Ṭuġtikin , in Western literature also Tughtekin or Tugtakin ; † February 12, 1128 ) was Atabeg of Damascus from 1104 and founder of the Burid dynasty .

Abu Mansur Tughtigin ("the horse tail - prince ") was an officer under the Seljuk ruler Tutusch of Damascus. After his death in 1095 he supported Tutusch's son Duqaq against his brother Radwan . After Duqaq's death in 1104, Tughtigin himself took control of Damascus and ousted Duqaq's underage son and brother.

In 1105 and 1106 he excelled in the fight against the Crusaders when he operated against them together with the cities of Tripoli and Tire .

Later he allied himself with Maudud of Mosul , who wanted to drive the Crusaders out of Asia.

When King Baldwin I of Jerusalem violated the armistice with Damascus in 1113, they jointly took action against the Crusader states . After initial successes in Galilee, where they routed Baldwin's army, they had to retreat to Damascus in September. When Maudud was murdered by assassins there in October 1113 , the Sultan in Baghdad suspected Tughtigin of being complicit in the murder, which led him to a renewed armistice with Baldwin in 1114.

After his death, his son Buri took control of Damascus.

literature

• Anne-Marie Eddé: "Ṭu gh tigin" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition Vol. X, p. 600.
• René Grousset : Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem. Volume 1. Paris 1934.
• Hans Eberhard Mayer : History of the Crusades. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018679-5 .
• Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades. Dtv, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-30175-9 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Tutusch II. ( Seljuks )	Emir of Damascus (Burid dynasty) 1104–1128	Taj al-Muluk Buri