Sharaf al-Dawla Muslim

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Sharaf al-Dawla (born Muslim ibn Quraysh (Arabic: مسلم بن قرواش‎); died in June 1085) was the Uqaylid emir of Mosul and Aleppo.

History[]

Muslim's father Quraysh ("'Alam al-Din") was the emir of Mosul who acknowledged the supremacy of the Seljuks, although he later came into conflict with them and was temporarily expelled from Mosul. He accompanied the Turk Basasiri when the latter took Baghdad at the end of 1058, but the Seljuks retook the city in the next year. Quraysh died in 1061, and was followed by his son Muslim ("Sharaf al-Dawla").

In 1077, he joined Seljuk emir Tutush I campaign to capture Aleppo during the reign of Sabiq ibn Mahmud of the Mirdasids.[1] However, Muslim was personally fond of Sabiq, opposed a Seljuk takeover of Aleppo, and admonished the Kilabi chiefs for inviting Turkish foreigners against their kinsman. Moreover, he persuaded the Kilab to defect from Tutush's army and had Waththab and Shabib reconcile with and join their brother Sabiq in Aleppo. Muslim informed Tutush that he was withdrawing from the siege, but before departing he entered Aleppo through Bab al-Iraq where he allowed his troops to sell the Aleppines food and supplies.[2]

Tutush maintained the siege and had called for reinforcements from Malik Shah I before Muslim's withdrawal. On his way back to Mosul, Muslim encountered the 1,000 Seljuk reinforcements at Sinjar.[2] After failing to persuade them to turn back, he sent Sabiq warnings of their presence. Sabiq sent for help from the Kilabi chief Abu Za'ida Muhammad ibn Za'ida who led a coalition of Arab tribesmen to ambush and rout the Seljuk reinforcements at Wadi Butnan, slaying most of them.[3][1] This prompted Tutush to leave Aleppo.

In 1080, Tutush influenced Sabiq to cede the emirate to Sharaf al-Dawla,[4] in which its inhabitants had hopes that he could protect them from Seljuk raids. He also took Harran from the Numayrids in the following year. Soon, however, he ran into trouble with the Seljuks himself. He fought against Sultan Malik Shah I's forces and was defeated, but he was pardoned. In June 1085, he was killed fighting the Seljuks of Suleiman ibn Qutalmish.[5]

Following Sharaf al-Dawla's death, his brother Ibrahim, who had previously been imprisoned, was released and declared as his successor.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bianquis 1993, p. 121.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Zakkar 1969, p. 201.
  3. ^ Zakkar 1969, p. 202.
  4. ^ Bianquis 1993, pp. 115–123.
  5. ^ First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936. BRILL. 1993. pp. 757–. ISBN 90-04-09796-1.

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