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Burid dynasty (atabegs of Damascus)

الدولة البورية (أتابكة دمشق)

1104 CE · 497 AH – 1154 CE · 549 AH

The state of the Atabeg Tughtakin and his sons at Damascus; a mamluk of Tutush, he took sole rule on Duqaq's death in 497 AH, warred on the Franks and met their kings at Marj al-Saffar in 520, died in 522 and was followed by his son Taj al-Dawla Buri and his line until Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zengi's seizure of Damascus in 549 ended their state.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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The Burid state, the state of the atabeg Tughtakin and his sons in Damascus. It began in 497 AH (1104 CE) and ended in 549 AH (1154 CE), when Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi entered Damascus. 1

Tughtakin

Tughtakin was a mamluk of Tutush. He became independent in power when Duqaq died in 497 AH. 1

He fought the Franks until he met their kings at Marj al-Safar in 520 AH. He died in 522 AH. 1

The Banu Buri

His son Taj al-Dawla Buri ruled after him, then his sons. Their state came to an end when Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi took Damascus in 549 AH. 1

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Ruled by
Zahir al-Din Tughtakin the Atabeg
Founded by
Zahir al-Din Tughtakin the Atabeg

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Zahir al-Din Tughtakin the Atabeg

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Zahir al-Din Tughtakin the Atabeg

Tughtakin the Atabeg, laqab Zahir al-Din, a mamluk of Taj al-Dawla Tutush; on Duqaq's death in 497 AH he took sole power, proclaimed the infant Tultash then ruled outright when the boy fled to Baalbek — he broke the qummus raiding Damascus, took the Ramsa fort of Tripoli, and met the Frankish kings and counts at Marj al-Saffar late in 520, where he was unhorsed but the Turkman foot fought to the death, massacred the Frankish infantry and looted their camp; he died in Safar 522, remembered as just, upright and devoted to jihad, and his son Taj al-Dawla Buri succeeded.