Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Islam |
Subtitle of host publication | third Edition |
Editors | Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, Kate Fleet, John Abdallah Nawas, Everett K. Rowson |
Place of Publication | Leiden |
Publisher | Brill |
ISBN (Print) | 1873-9849, 9789004282117 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2014 |
Abstract
The Būrids were a dynasty of Turkish origin that ruled Damascus and southern Syria from 497/1104 to 549/1154, struggling to maintain its autonomy from the Franks, the Zangids, and the Nizārī Ismāʿīlīs (Assassins). The founder of the dynasty, Ẓāhir al-Dīn Ṭughtakīn (Tughtigīn, r. 497–522/1104–28), who was atābeg (guardian-tutor) of Shams al-Mulūk Duqāq, the son of the Saljūq sultan Tutush I (r. 471–88/1078–95), became full master of Damascus after the deaths of Duqāq and his son Tutush II.
Keywords
- Islamic civilization -- Encyclopedias
- Islam -- Encyclopedias
- Islamic countries -- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedias