Al-Mustarshid not long after the siege of…
1136 CE
Al-Mustarshid not long after the siege of Damascus launches a military campaign against sultan Mas'ud of western Seljuq, who had obtained the title in Baghdad in January 1133 by the caliph himself.
The rival armies meet near Hamadan: the caliph, deserted by his troops, is taken prisoner, and pardoned on promising not to quit his palace any more.
Left in the royal tent, however, in the Sultan's absence, he is found murdered, as is supposed, by an emissary of the Hashshashins, who have no love for the Caliph.
Modern historians have suspected that Mas'ud instigated the murder although the two most important historians of the period Ibn al-Athir and Ibn al-Jawzi did not speculate on this matter.
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Persian people
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Islam
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Muslims, Sunni
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Muslims, Shi'a
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Ismailism
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Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
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Turkmen people
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Assassins
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Antioch, Principality of
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Edessa, County of
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Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
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Damascus, Burid Emirate of
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Tripoli, County of
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Seljuq Empire, Western capital
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Mosul, Zengi's Emirate of
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