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Najm ad-Dīn Ilghāzī

Artuqid ruler

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defeat of Roger

In Roger
…and killed by the Artuqid Ilghāzī of Mardin in the Battle of the Field of Blood (June 27, 1119).
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role in Artuqid dynasty

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His brother Najm ad-Dīn Ilghāzī, meanwhile, returned to Seljuq service and was made governor of Iraq by the Seljuq sultan Muḥammad. Sent to Diyarbakır in about 1107, Ilghāzī displaced one of Sökmen’s sons at Mardin (1108); he then made it the capital of his line, leaving Ḥiṣn…
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