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Husam al-Din Timurtash

r. 1122–1154 · 12th century

Husam al-Din Timurtash was the Artuqid ruler of Mardin from 1122 to 1154, a son of Ilghazi. He briefly held Aleppo after his father's death, released the captive King Baldwin II of Jerusalem for a ransom in 1124, and kept Mardin and Mayyafariqin by balancing between the Zengids and other neighbouring powers.

Husam al-Din Timurtash
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Artuqids of Mardin

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