A Seljuq-Artuqid alliance, commanded by Mehmed I …
Years: 1144 - 1144
October
A Seljuq-Artuqid alliance, commanded by Mehmed I of Great Seljuq and Ilghazi, the Turkish Artuqid ruler of Mardin, had been defeated by Georgia at the Battle of Didgori in 1121.
Ilghazi had died in 1122, and although his nephew Balak nominally controlled Aleppo, the city was really controlled by Ibn al-Khashshab.
When Al-Kashshab was assassinated in 1125, Aleppo had fallen under the control of Zengi, atabeg of Mosul.
After the death of Balak, the Artuqids have been split between Diyarbakir, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Muslims, Sunni
- Syrian people
- Turkmen people
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Armenia, Baronry of Little, or Lesser
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Artuquids
- Antioch, Principality of
- Edessa, County of
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Artuqid dynasty of Hasankeyf
- Artuqid dynasty of Mardin
- Artuqid dynasty of Harput
- Tripoli, County of
- Georgia, (Bagratid) Kingdom of
- Mosul, Zengi's Emirate of
