Sökmen (Artuqid)
Sökmen | |
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Governor of Artukids | |
In office 1102–1104 | |
Succeeded by | İbrahim of Artukids |
Personal details | |
Born | unknown |
Died | 1104 |
Nationality | Seljuq Empire |
Battles/wars | Battle of Harran |
Sökmen (also called Moinuddin Sokman, Muʿīn ad-Dīn Soqman or Soqman ibn Ortoq) was a Turkoman emir of the Seljuk Empire in the early 12th century.
History
Origin
His father was
In Anatolia and Syria
Sökmen spent much of his time in
In 1098, the Seljuk Empire formed an army under the command of Kerbogha of Mosul to assist Yağısıyan during the siege of Antioch. Sökmen took part in this army. But the campaign was a failure[4] and the army arrived a few days after Antioch surrendered. In 1101, Baldwin I of Jerusalem captured Suruç.[5]
Sökmen’s beylik
Kerbogha died in 1102 and during the ensuing struggle to control
After being a bey, he supported his brother Ilghazi who had recently been dismissed from his post as a Seljukid shihna in Baghdad. In 1104, in the battle of Harran he defeated a Crusader army. In this battle he took Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Joscelin I captive.[7]
Death
Toghtekin, the ruler of Damascus asked Sökmen to support him against the Crusaders. Sökmen agreed; but on the way to Damascus, at al-Qaryatayn, he died of a pertussis in October 1104.[8]
Citations
Sources
- Beihammer, Alexander Daniel (2017). Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-22959-4.
- Montefiore, Simon Sebag (27 January 2011). Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East. Orion. ISBN 978-0-297-85864-5. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- Nicolle, David (2003). Birinci Haçlı seferi 1996-1999. İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları. ISBN 978-605-360-245-3.
- Yücel, Yaşar; Sevim, Ali (1990). Türkiye Tarihi Cilt I. Ankara: AKDTYK Yayınları.
- Güray Kırpık. "Artuklu Haçlı Münasebetleri (1098-1124)" (PDF). gazi Iniversity. Retrieved March 23, 2015.