Begtiginid atabegs of Erbil
أتابكية أربل البجتجنية
The Begtiginid atabegs of Erbil; named for Begtigin, a Seljuk army mamluk seated at Erbil — their most famous Zayn al-Din Ali Kuchuk ibn Begtigin, lieutenant of Mosul, and his son Muzaffar al-Din Gokburi, lord of Erbil and Harran who became one of Saladin's great amirs — the house lasting in the Jazira until it passed into Ayyubid then Mongol allegiance.
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The Begtiginid atabegate of Erbil, named after Bektekin, a mamluk of the Seljuk army who was made governor of Erbil. It lasted in al-Jazira until it came under the Ayyubids and then the Mongols, according to Hasan Ibrahim Hasan. 1
Its most notable rulers
The most notable was Zayn al-Din Ali Kuchuk ibn Bektekin, governor of Mosul. Then his son al-Muzaffar Kukburi ibn Zayn al-Din, lord of Erbil and Harran. Kukburi leaned towards Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi and became one of his senior emirs. 1
A second source is needed: the exact dates of the atabegate's founding and end are not recorded in the entity data.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Begtiginid atabegs of Erbil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/begtiginid-erbil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.