Alptakin (also known as Aftakin) was a Turkish military officer of the Buyids, who participated, and eventually came to lead, an unsuccessful rebellion...

Turkic commander Alptakin, who ousted the Fatimids from Damascus and became its ruler, and the Qarmatians, who allied with Alptakin. In the first half...

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...

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...

army of Alptakin and the Fatimids. However, during the battle, Marzuban betrayed Alptakin and abandoned the battlefield. The forces of Alptakin were shortly...

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...

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...

The Turkish officer Alptakin conquers Sidon and slaughters the population. spring – Alptakin conquers Tiberias. April – Alptakin conquers Damascus. 977...

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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...

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...

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...

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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Alexandretta (971) 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions (971–974) Struggle with Alptakin (974–978) Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance...

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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Alexandretta (971) 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions (971–974) Struggle with Alptakin (974–978) Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance...

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...

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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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...

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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Alexandretta (971) 1st and 2nd Qarmatian invasions (971–974) Struggle with Alptakin (974–978) Aleppo Apamea Uprisings of Muffarij b. Daghfal Bedouin alliance...

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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continued fighting against the Fatimids, now alongside the Turkish general Alptakin, until his death in March 977. In the next year, the Fatimids managed to...