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Atsiz ibn Uvaq

Type Figure Region Central Asia Time c. 1050–1079 Also known as Atsiz ibn Uvaq、Atsiz al-Khwarazmi、أتسز بن أوق

Atsiz ibn Uvaq (year of birth unknown – 1079) was a Turkic military commander active in Central Asia and the Levant in the eleventh century, serving …

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  1. c. 1060–1071Khwarazm · KhwarazmBased in Khwarazm, he conducted military operations in Central Asia as a vanguard commander of the Seljuk Empire's westward expansion, gradually gaining command of campaigns into the Levant.
  2. 1071–1073Jerusalem · PalestineHe led armies to capture Jerusalem and Palestine, ending Fatimid control of the holy city; he subsequently repelled several Fatimid counterattacks, but with limited forces his rule over the Levant remained unstable.
  3. 1079Syria · SyriaAfter the Syrian Seljuk ruler Tutush I entered Syria, he executed Atsiz to consolidate his own authority, ending his independent military rule in the Levant.

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