Fakhr al-Muk Radwan, Seljuq ruler of Aleppo,…

Fakhr al-Muk Radwan, Seljuq ruler of Aleppo, had frequently come into conflict with Tancred until the latter reduced Aleppo to a tributary state in 1111.

The qadi of Aleppo, Ibn al-Khashshab, had traveled to Baghdad to meet with the Abbasid caliph when Radwan was unwilling to pursue war with Tancred.

Ibn al-Khashshab had succeeded in having Mawdud of Mosul sent to Aleppo's aid, but Radwan was also antagbeen murdered by the Hashshashin, possibly with Radwan's approval.

Upon his death on December 10, 1113, Radwan is succeeded by his teenage son Alp Arslan al-Akhras, under the regency of Lulu and ibn al-Khashshab.

Lulu does not continue Radwan's policy of support for the Hashshashin, and has them all expelled or killed, although this leaves Aleppo without any powerful allies.

The city falls into near chaos, and soon comes under the control of Sulaiman, Ilghazi's son, who had married Radwan's daughter.