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Toghtekin

Turkic crusader

8 dated entries naming Toghtekin, drawn from 6 separate years between 1104 CE and 1128 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

  • 1104Toghtekin, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Damascus, founds a short-lived principality in Syria (the first example of a series of Seljuk-ruled dynasties).source
  • 1107Emir Fadl ibn Rabi'ah is expelled by Toghtekin, ruler (atabeg) of Damascus in Syria (approximate date).source
  • 1112Spring – Seljuk forces under Toghtekin, Turkic governor of Damascus, intervene at Tyre, and force King Baldwin I of Jerusalem to raise the siege.source
  • 1121Summer – Seljuk forces under Toghtekin make extensive raids into Galilee. King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, in reprisal, crosses the Jordan River with a Crusader army and ravages the countryside. He occupies and destroys a fortress that Toghtekin has built at Jerash.source
  • 1124February 15 – the Venetians and the Franks began the siege of the seaport of Tyre, now in Lebanon, ruled by Toghtekin, the atabeg of Damascus. The Christian army was led by the Patriarch of Antioch, the doge of Venice, Count Pons of Tripoli and William de Bury, the king's constable.source
  • 1124January – Belek Ghazi, Bey of Artuqids, and Toghtekin, Emir of Damascus, have breached the defenses of Azazsource
  • 1124June – Toghtekin, the atabeg of Damascus, sent envoys to the Crusaders encampment to negotiate peace. After lengthy and difficult discussions, it was agreed that the terms of surrender would include letting those who wanted to leave the city take their families and property with them. Meanwhile those who wanted to stay must keep their houses and possessions. This was unpopular with some of the crusaders, who wanted to loot the city.source
  • 1128February 12 – Toghtekin, Turkish ruler of Damascussource

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