The Ghuzz enter Mosul and plunder Qarwash's palace

الغز يدخلون الموصل وينهبون دار قرواش

c. 1043 CE · 435 AH

Mosul

In 435 the Ghuzz entered Mosul, seized Qarwash ibn al-Muqallad's harem quarters and ruined them; after his appeal reached the caliph, Qarwash and Dubays ibn Ali ibn Mazyad combined and inflicted a great slaughter on the Ghuzz — and the khutba at Baghdad went to the Buyid Abu Kalijar. The Ghuzz had plundered over 200,000 dinars from Qarwash's palace 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Mosul

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In the year 435 the Ghuzz entered Mosul. They seized the household of Qarwash ibn al-Muqallad, its amir, did damage there, and plundered more than two hundred thousand dinars from his residence. 1

The aftermath

Abu al-Barakat, stepson of Abu Ja'far al-Samnani, reached the caliph seeking support against them, and the sharif Abu al-Hasan ibn Ja'far al-Nassaba arrived fleeing. Qarwash and Dubays ibn Ali ibn Mazyad joined together to strike at the Ghuzz, and killed a great number of them. In Baghdad, the Friday sermon was delivered for the king Abu Kalijar. 2

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Great Mosque of al-Nuri· Battle of al-Khazir· Conquest of Mosul· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul· death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil marches on Mosul and returns· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil besieges Mosul

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.459,489
  2. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.459
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