Toghtekin

Zahir al-Din Toghtekin or Tughtekin (; died February 12, 1128), also spelled Tughtegin, was a Turkoman military leader, who was emir of Damascus from 1104 to 1128. He was the founder of the Burid dynasty of Damascus.

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Royalty.name: Zahir al-Din Toghtekin
Royalty.image: File:Caminade Count of Tripoli accepting the surrender of the city of Tyre in 1124.jpg
Royalty.succession: Emir of Damascus
Royalty.reign: 1104–1128
Royalty.successor: Taj al-Muluk Buri
Royalty.predecessor: Irtash
Royalty.house: Burids
Royalty.issue: Taj al-Muluk Buri
Royalty.death_date: February 12, 1128
Royalty.death_place: Damascus

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date of death: 1128-02-13
date of birth: 1100-00-00
name in native language: ظاهر الدين طغتكين

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==Biography== Toghtekin was a junior officer to Tutush I, Seljuq emir of Damascus and Syria. After the former's death in 1095, civil war erupted, and Toghtekin supported Tutush's son Duqaq as emir of the city against Ridwan, the emir of Aleppo. In the chaotic years which ensued Toghtekin was sent to reconquer the town of Jebleh, which had rebelled against the qadi of Tripoli, but he was unable to accomplish his task.