Shah-i Arman of Akhlat
شاهات أرمينية بأخلاط
1100 CE · 493 AH
The Shah-i Arman state of Akhlat; founded by Sukman al-Qutbi in 493, the strongest of Seljuk Armenia's lesser states though Armenian-majority and a fifth of the country — ruled by Zahir al-Din Ibrahim Shah-i Arman, Ahmad, Nasir al-Din Sukman II, Sayf al-Din Bektumr and Badr al-Din Aqsunqur until the Banu Sukman line ended in 581, passing to the mamluk Bak Timur, then to the Ayyubids in 604 — al-Adil seating his son al-Awhad then al-Ashraf — until Hulagu took al-Muzaffar Ghazi's kingdom of Akhlat in 642.
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
The state and its people
The source says that most of its people were Armenians, and that it represented only a fifth of the lands of Armenia. 2
The rulers
They were succeeded by Zahir al-Din Ibrahim Shah Arman, Ahmad, Nasir al-Din Sukman II, Sayf al-Din Baktamur, and Badr al-Din Aqsunqur. The family of the Banu Sukman died out in 581 AH, and rule passed to the mamluk Bek Timur. 2
The Ayyubids and the fall
The Ayyubids took the land in 604 AH. al-Malik al-Adil set his son al-Awhad as emir over Akhlat, then his brother al-Ashraf. Al-Muzaffar Ghazi was the last of the Ayyubid kings there, and the kingdom fell in his time in 642 AH with Hulagu's capture of it. 2
Connections
- Founded by
- Sukman al-Qutbi
People and things also explored
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan, p.83
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan, p.88-89
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islam.museum contributors. “Shah-i Arman of Akhlat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/shah-arman-akhlat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.