Bursuq II
Bursuq ibn Bursuq, also known as Bursuk ibn Bursuk (died in 1116 or 1117), was the emir (or lord) of Hamadan.
General
[edit]He was the most notable son of Bursuq the Elder.[1] Bursuq ibn Bursuq was a Turkic general in the service of the Seljuq Sultan Muhammad I Tapar.[2] As emir of Hamadan, he participated in the military campaigns against the crusader states from the 1110s.[2] The Artuqid ruler of Mardin Ilghazi defeated the supreme commander of the Sultan's army, Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, in late 1114.[3][4] Muhammad I soon replaced Aqsunqur with Bursuq, also charging him with the direction of the jihad (or holy war) against the crusaders (or Franks).[2][3] After gathering new troops in Mosul and the Jazira, Bursuq invaded Syria in early 1115.[4][5][6] After besieging Edessa for a short time, he marched towards Aleppo where he wanted to establish his base of operation.[4][5] The eunuch atabeg of Aleppo, Lulu, sent envoys to Ilghazi, and the atabeg of Damascus, Toghtekin, seeking their assistance against Bursuq.[5] Ilghazi and Toghtekin approached Roger of Salerno, who ruled the Principality of Antioch, and Roger soon called on the heads of the other crusader states, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Pons of Tripoli and Baldwin II of Edessa.[5]
Roger defeated Bursuq in the Battle of Tell Danith on 14 September 1115.[6][7] After Bursuq's defeat, the Seljuks of Mosul refrained from launching a new military expedition against the crusader states in Syria for ten years.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ رحمتی, محسن (March 2018). "خاندان برسقی و تحولات عصر سلجوقی" (PDF). پژوهش های تاریخی (in Persian). 10 (1). doi:10.22108/jhr.2017.83577.
- ^ a b c d Cahen 1969, p. 170.
- ^ a b Finck 1969, p. 403.
- ^ a b c Lock 2006, p. 32.
- ^ a b c d Finck 1969, p. 404.
- ^ a b Barber 2012, p. 104.
- ^ Lock 2006, p. 33.
Sources
[edit]- Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9.
- Cahen, Claude (1969) [1955]. "The Turkish Invasion: The Selchükids". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Baldwin, Marshall W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Hundred Years (Second ed.). Madison, Milwaukee, and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 135–176. ISBN 0-299-04834-9.
- Finck, Harold S. (1969) [1955]. "The Foundation of the Latin States, 1099-1118". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Baldwin, Marshall W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Hundred Years (Second ed.). Madison, Milwaukee, and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 368–409. ISBN 0-299-04834-9.
- Lock, Peter (2006). The Routledge Companion to the Crusades. Routledge. ISBN 9-78-0-415-39312-6.
