Ahmadilis (Atabegs of Maragha)
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The Ahmadilis also called by the title Atabegs of Maragha (ATĀBAKĀN-E MARĀḠA), were a family of local rulers (under the Seljuq dynasty
) who ruled from the early 6th/12th century until 605/1208–09 in Maragha itself and in Rūʾīn Dez for some years after the Mongol
conquest. They ruled approximately from 1122 to 1220 AD. Notices in the chronicles of this localised line of Atabegs are only sporadic, and numismatic evidences have not thus far been found. So there is a difficultly in reconstructing their chronology and genealogy. The dynasty starts from Aq Sunqur Ahmadili, who was presumably a freedman of the Kurdish commander of the Seljuqs, Ahmadil b. Ibrahim. A female member of the family, Sulafa Khatun, was ruling Maragha until these places were sacked by the Mongols in 1221.
Seljuq dynasty
The Seljuq ; were a Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries...
) who ruled from the early 6th/12th century until 605/1208–09 in Maragha itself and in Rūʾīn Dez for some years after the Mongol
Mongols
Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...
conquest. They ruled approximately from 1122 to 1220 AD. Notices in the chronicles of this localised line of Atabegs are only sporadic, and numismatic evidences have not thus far been found. So there is a difficultly in reconstructing their chronology and genealogy. The dynasty starts from Aq Sunqur Ahmadili, who was presumably a freedman of the Kurdish commander of the Seljuqs, Ahmadil b. Ibrahim. A female member of the family, Sulafa Khatun, was ruling Maragha until these places were sacked by the Mongols in 1221.
Rulers
- 1122 Aq Sunqur I Ahmadili
- 1134 Aq Sunrqur II or Arsalan Aba b. Aq Sunqur I, Nusrat al-Din
- 1175 Falak al-Din b. Aq Sunqur II
- 1188 Korp Arsalan, 'Ala al-Din
- 1208 ? b. Kor Arsalan, d. 1209
- 1209 Eldiguzid occupation of Maragha
- ? Sulafa Khatun, granddaughter of Korp Arsalan, ruling in Maragha and u'in Diz in 1220
External links
- Encyclopædia Iranica, "Atabakan-e Maragha", 12th–13th, Luther, K. http://www.iranica.com/articles/atabakan-e-maraga-also-called-ahmadilis-a-family-of-local-rulers-of-maraga-who-ruled-from-the-early-6th-12th-cent
- The history of Seljuq Turks from the Jami 'Al-Tawarikh: An Ilkhanid Adapation of the Saljuq-namaSaljuq-namaThe Saljuq-nama or Seljuk-nama,, is a history of the Great Seljuk Empire written by the Persian historian Ẓāhir al-Dīn Nīshāpūrī around 1175...
of Zahir al-din Nishapuri. trans. and annoated by K. Allin Luther, e.d. by C.E. Bosworth (London, Curzon Press, 2001). - http://books.google.com/books?id=2O_BQs6Sro0C&pg=PA199&dq=The+historical+significance+of+these+Atabegs+thus+lies+in+their+firm+control+over+most+of+north-western+Persia&hl=en&ei=-SXKTPTpKsP48Aa7ltCtAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=line%20of%20turkish%20atabegs&f=falseClifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996. pp 198]