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Tutush I

Type Figure Region Syria Time c. 1032–1095 Also known as Tutush I、Tutush ibn Alp Arslan、Tutush ibn Alparslan、图图什·本·阿尔普·阿尔斯兰

Tutush I, son of Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan and brother of Malik-Shah, was the leading Seljuk prince in Syria; governor c.…

Timeline

  1. c. 1032–1078Khurasan · KhurasanTutush was Alp Arslan's youngest son and became involved in dynastic politics around Malik-Shah's accession. His early career was closely tied to his brother's arrangements for imperial succession, laying the groundwork for his later grant of Syria.
  2. 1079–1086Damascus · SyriaTutush was appointed to govern Syria, controlling the southern Levant from Damascus. He patronized local emirs and reorganized the army, gradually turning Syria into a relatively independent Seljuk branch domain.
  3. 1086–1090Syria · SyriaAfter Malik-Shah's death succession disputes intensified; Tutush contended with Barkyaruk and others for supremacy in Iraq and Syria. During this period he alternated between war and peace with the Mosul governor Aq Sunqur and intervened in successions at Aleppo and elsewhere, plunging Syria into division and fragmentation.
  4. 1091–1095Rayy · IranTutush continued eastward to contest the sultanate and was killed in 1095 in a decisive battle with Barkyaruk near Rayy. His son Duqaq succeeded him at Damascus and Ridwan at Aleppo, splitting the Seljuk regime in Syria into two lines.

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