Melik Zünnun
Melik Zünnun | |
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Melik | |
Reign | 1142 – 1143 (first) 1172 – 1175 (second) |
Predecessor | Melik Mehmed Gazi (first) (second) |
Successor | Yağıbasan (first) None (second) |
Died | 1175 |
Father | Melik Mehmed Gazi |
Melik Zünnun (d. 1175) was the fifth ruler of Danishmendids.
Life[]
First reign[]
Zünnun was declared as successor by his father Melik Mehmed Gazi, however he was derecognized by Yağıbasan. Yağıbasan and his other two brother and marched into Kayseri and Zünnun took refuge to Mesud I which was his father-in-law. Mesud wanted to incorporate Danishmends to Sultanate of Rum.
Second reign[]
After was killed in a palace revolt,[1] Zünnun was in Syria at the time. With the support of Nuraddin Zengi, he entered Sivas with 3,000 troops. However after death of Nur ad-Din, the troops returned to Syria. Kilijarslan II started to attack the Danishmendids and took Sivas, Niksar and Tokat.
Zünnun took refuge in Byzantine Empire, and the Sivas branch of Danishmendids collapsed.[2]
References[]
- ^ Danishmendids, I. Melikoff, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, ed. B. Lewis, C. Pellat and J. Schacht, (Brill, 1986), 111.
- ^ "ZÜNNÛN - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi".
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- Turkic rulers
- Muslims of the First Crusade
- 1175 deaths
- 12th-century rulers in Asia
- 12th-century Turkic people
- Danishmend dynasty