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ISLAMIC – Anatolia & al-Jazira
(Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin).
Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan.
AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239
Bronze Dirham 29mm (15.00 grams) Unlisted (Mardin[?])
mint. Dated AH 620 (struck 1223/1224 A.D.)
Reference: Whelan Type VI, 74-5; S&S Type
43; Album 1830.7.
Julio-Claudian-style bare head right; name and
titles of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan around.
Names and titles of
Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; partial mint formula
and AH date in margins.
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 The
Artquids or Artuqid dynasty
(Modern Turkish: Artuklu Beyliği or
Artıklılar, sometimes also spelled as
Artukid, Ortoqid or Ortokid;
Turkish plural: Artukoğulları; Azeri Turkish : Artıqlı)
was a Turkmen dynasty that ruled in Eastern Anatolia, Northern Syria and
Northern Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The Artuqid dynasty
took its name from its founder, Zaheer-ul-Daulah Artuk Bey, who was of
the Döger branch of the Oghuz and ruled one of the Turkmen atabeyliks of
the Seljuk Empire. The Artuqid rulers viewed the state as the common
property of the dynasty members. Three branches of the family ruled in
the region: Sokmen Bey’s descendants ruled the region around Hasankeyf
between 1102 and 1231; Necmeddin Ilgazi’s branch ruled from Mardin
between 1106 and 1186 (and until 1409 as vassals); and the Mayyafariqin
Artuqid line ruled in Harput starting in 1112, and was independent
between 1185 and 1233.
Artuqid rulers commissioned many public
buildings, such as mosques, bazaars,
bridges, hospitals and baths for the benefit
of their subjects. They left an important
cultural heritage by contributing to
literature and the art of metalworking. The
door and door handles of the great Mosque of
Cizre are unique examples of Artuqid metal
working craftsmanship, which can be seen in
the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in
Istanbul, Turkey.
 Mardin
(Kurdish: Mêrdîn, Syriac: ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ,
Arabic/Ottoman Turkish: ماردين Mārdīn) is a city and multiple
(former/titular) bishopric in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin
Province, it is known for the Artuqid (Artıklı or Artuklu in Turkish)
architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky
hill near the Tigris River that rises steeply over the flat .
Medieval history
Byzantine Izala fell to the Seljuks in the 11th
century. During the Artuqid period, many of Mardin’s historic buildings
were constructed, including several mosques, palaces, madrassas and
khans. Mardin served as the capital of one of the two Artuqid branches
during the 11th and 12th centuries. The lands of the Artukid dynasty
fell to the Mongol invasion sometime between 1235 and 1243, but the
Artuqids continued to govern as vassals of the Mongol Empire.[15]
During the battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, the Artuqid governor revolted
against Mongol rule. Hulagu’s general and Chupan’s ancestor, Koke-Ilge
of the Jalayir, stormed the city and Hulegu appointed the rebel’s son,
al-Nasir, governor of Mardin. Although, Hulagu suspected the latter’s
loyalty for a while, thereafter the Artuqids remained loyal unlike
nomadic Bedouin and Kurd tribes in the south western frontier. The
Mongol Ilkhanids considered them important allies. For this loyalty they
showed, Artuqids were given more lands in 1298 and 1304.[citation
needed]
Mardin later passed to the Aq Qoyunlu, a federation of Turkic tribes
that controlled territory all the way to the Caspian Sea.
During
the medieval period, the town (which retained significant Assyrian and
Armenian populations) became the centre for episcopal sees of Armenian
Apostolic, Armenian Catholic, Assyrian, Syriac Catholic, churches, as
well as a stronghold of the Syriac Orthodox Church, whose patriarchal
see was headquartered in the nearby Saffron Monastery from 1034 to 1924.[16]
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