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emir of Damascus from 1104 to 1128. He was the founder of the Burid dynasty of Damascus. Toghtekin was a junior officer to Tutush I, Seljuq emir of Damascus...

mosaics of the northern inner façade were renewed. The northern riwaq ('portico') was rebuilt in 1089. The Seljuk atabeg of Damascus, Toghtekin (r. 1104–1128)...

This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present. General context: History of Damascus. Rezon I (c. 950 BC) Tabrimmon Ben-Hadad...

mentor (atabeg), Toghtekin, took control of Damascus and the Burid line of the Seljuq dynasty. Under Duqaq and Toghtekin, Damascus experienced stability...

infant Emir of Damascus. Tutush II was son of Duqaq, who reigned Damascus during first crusade. After the death of Daqqaq in 6 June 1104, Toghtekin carried...

by Toghtekin. The Crusaders defeated the Muslim army in the field but failed in their objective to capture Damascus. After winning the Battle of Azaz...

century, as subjects of the Seljuk Empire. The first Burid ruler, Toghtekin, began as a servant to the Seljuk ruler of Damascus, Duqaq. Following Duqaq's...

accompanied by new crusaders. Toghtekin's successor, Taj al-Muluk Buri, ordered the massacre of the Nizari in Damascus in September 1129. The Nizari's...

by Toghtekin of Damascus) besieged the town of Azaz, to the north of Aleppo, in territory belonging to the County of Edessa. Baldwin II, Leo I of Armenia...

brothers. Duqaq then imprisoned Irtash for nine years in Baalbek. Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus, elevated the twelve-year-old Irtash to emir after Duqaq's death...

confused with al-Bursuki), with the aid of Ilghazi, Toghtekin of Damascus, and Lulu of Aleppo, all enemies of Bursuk. These two armies did not come to...

help the city, the siege was relieved by the Turkoman ruler of Damascus, Toghtekin. Toghtekin installed his own governor in the city, which however remained...

ultimately forced them to retreat to Damascus due to a lack of supplies. It was while in Damascus as a guest of Toghtekin that Mawdud was murdered by the Assassins...

course of the Orontes River; and Edessa aspired to control the Upper Euphrates valley. The most powerful Syrian Muslim ruler, Toghtekin of Damascus, took...

defeat at the Battle of Harran in 1104 "permanently ended Frankish expansion towards the Euphrates." In 1105, Toghtekin of Damascus sent a Turkish force...

atabeg of Damascus from 1128 to 1132. He was initially an officer in the army of Duqaq, the Seljuk ruler of Damascus, together with his father Toghtekin. When...

east of Antioch and c. 35 km (22 mi) west of Aleppo. Here Roger came to an agreement with his Muslim allies, Toghtekin of Damascus, Ilghazi of Mardin...

sort of immobile target that the Frankish heavy cavalry excelled in attacking. Except for the third battle of Ramla in 1105, when Toghtekin of Damascus sent...

of other cities, the death of Godfrey, and the reign of Baldwin, who attacks Egypt and engages in battles with "Dodequin" (the historical Toghtekin of...

was named Governor of Mosul, where the Atabegdom of Mosul was formed. Following the death in 1128 of Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus, a power vacuum threatened...