Artuqid Alliances and their Role in Confronting the Crusader Invasion

Year 2025, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 73 - 87, 30.06.2025

Eman Abo Alkhair

https://doi.org/10.31456/beytulmakdis.810515

Abstract

This study examines the role of the Artuqids in resisting the Crusader invasion into the Islamic East, highlighting their strategic alliances with various Muslim princes. At a pivotal stage, the Artuqids assumed a leading position in the Jihad movement against the Crusaders, particularly under the leadership of Ilghazi ibn Artuq and his nephew Belek ibn Behram. Focusing on the period 491-630 AH / 1098-1232 CE, the research seeks to elucidate the nature of these alliances and the Artuqids’ military and political engagement. To this end, it explores the origins of the Artuqid dynasty, their instrumental role in supporting Seljuk authority in Bilad al-Sham, and the major battles in which they participated, while clarifying the respective contributions of Ilghazi and Belek to the Jihad efforts against the Crusaders.

Keywords

Artuqids, Crusaders, Ilghazi ibn Artuq, Belek ibn Behram, Bayt al-Maqdis

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التحالفات الأرتقية ودورها في مواجهة الغزو الصليبي (491- 630هـ /1098 -1232م)

Abstract

تتناول الدراسة دور الأراتقة في مواجهة الغزو الصليبي لبلاد المشرق الإسلامي، وبرز ذلك الدور من خلال التحالف مع بعض الأمراء المسلمين؛ للتصدي للغزوات الصليبية، كما استطاع الأراتقة في مرحلة من المراحل تسلم قيادة حركة الجهاد ضد الصليبيين من خلال إيلغازي بن أرتق، وابن أخيه بللك بن بهرام. تهدف الدراسة إلى التعرف على التحالفات الأرتقية، ودورها في مواجهة الغزو الصليبي لبلاد المسلمين خلال الفترة (491-630هـ /1098-1232م)، ولتحقيق ذلك الهدف تم تسليط الضوء على أصل الأراتقة، ودورهم البارز في التمكين للسلاجقة في بلاد الشام، وأهم المعارك التي شاركوا فيها، وبيان دور ايلغازي بن ارتق في قيادة حركة الجهاد ضد الصليبيين، وتوضيح الدور الذي قام به بلك بن بهرام في جهاد الصليبيين.

Keywords

الأراتقة, الصليبيين, إيلغازي بن أرتق, بلك بن بهرام, بيت المقدس

Artuklu İttifakları ve Haçlı istilasına Karşı Koymadaki Rolleri

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Artukluların İslami Doğu'ya yönelik Haçlı istilasına karşı direnişteki rolünü incelemekte ve çeşitli Müslüman liderlerle kurdukları stratejik ittifakları vurgulamaktadır. Önemli bir aşamada Artuklular, özellikle İlgāzî b. Artuk ve yeğeni Belek b. Behram'ın liderliğinde Haçlılara karşı Cihad hareketinde öncü bir konum üstlenmişlerdir. Hicri 491-630 / Miladi 1098-1232 dönemine odaklanan araştırma, bu ittifakların doğasını ve Artukluların askeri ve siyasi angajmanlarını aydınlatmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla, Artuklu hanedanının kökenlerini, Biladü'ş-Şam'daki Selçuklu otoritesini desteklemedeki araçsal rollerini ve katıldıkları büyük savaşları incelerken, Ilgazi ve Belek'in Haçlılara karşı Cihat çabalarına olan katkılarını açıklığa kavuşturuyor.

Keywords

Artuklular, Haçlılar, İlgazi b. Artuk, Belek b. Behram, Beytülmakdis

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