Alptakin (also known as Aftakin) was a Turkish military officer of the Buyids, who participated, and eventually came to lead, an unsuccessful rebellion...
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them and the Sunni Arabs of the city who frequently revolted. A Turk, Alptakin drove out the Fatimids five years later, and through diplomacy, prevented...
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agreement with Alptakin, the Turk ruler of Damascus, whereby the Fatimids would control Gaza and the land south of it, including Egypt, while Alptakin controlled...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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Turkic commander Alptakin, who ousted the Fatimids from Damascus and became its ruler, and the Qarmatians, who allied with Alptakin. In the first half...
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The Turkish officer Alptakin conquers Sidon and slaughters the population. spring – Alptakin conquers Tiberias. April – Alptakin conquers Damascus. 977...
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briefly succeeded by the Qarmatians, after the latter's Turkish rebel ally Alptakin invaded northern Syria and established Homs as his base. In 891, Muslim...
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the city he had to retreat due to the arrival of Alptakin's Qarmatian allies. Followed by Alptakin's forces, Jawhar was pushed back to Tiberias, Ramla...
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army of Alptakin and the Fatimids. However, during the battle, Marzuban betrayed Alptakin and abandoned the battlefield. The forces of Alptakin were shortly...
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Turkish generals, Sebüktigin al-Mu'izzi in 971, and, after his death, Alptakin in 974/5. With the growing instability of the Buyid states towards the...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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between the Fatimid army, led in person by Caliph al-Aziz, and the forces of Alptakin, the Turkic ruler of Damascus. The battle followed a series of back-and-forth...
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Jarrahid chieftain Mufarrij ibn Daghfal captured the pro-Qarmatian rebel, Alptakin, and handed him over to the Fatimids in exchange for a large reward. In...
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end the Damascenes turned for assistance to a Turkic mercenary leader, Alptakin, who had fled the turmoils of Buyid Iraq with 300 heavily armored ghulam...
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Mauhab al-Ukayli (973–974) Jaysh ibn Muhammad (974) Rayn al-Mu'izzi (974) Alptakin al-Mu'izzi (975–978) Qassam al-Turab (978–983) Fatimid recovery of Damascus...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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Sabuktakin died on the way, and was succeeded by another Turkic ghulam, Alptakin. The Turks were defeated in January 975 near the Diyala River, and withdrew...
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then went to Damascus, which had been captured by the rebel Alptakin and his followers. Alptakin warmly received the Buyid brothers and their followers, but...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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decisive defeat on the rebels on 30 January 975, who under their new leader, Alptakin, fled to Syria. Adud al-Dawla then forced Izz al-Dawla to abdicate in his...
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ruler of Damascus, Alptakin, and his Turkic and Daylamite army. Impressed by their performance, Caliph al-Aziz pardoned Alptakin and incorporated a few...
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His career was cut short by his own death in late 974. His successor, Alptakin, was defeated by the Buyids and fled to Damascus, where he eventually joined...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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dynasty in Mosul Emirate of Damascus Byzantine Empire Commanders and leaders Al-Mu'izz Abu Taghlib Alptakin Kulayb Izz al-Dawla Sebük-Tegin John I Tzimiskes...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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into Syria Alexandretta 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions Struggle with Alptakin Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance uprising...
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record during the Fatimid struggle with Alptakin, a Qarmatian-backed Buyid commander who took over Damascus. Alptakin was defeated at the Battle of Ramla...
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