emirate · Anatolia and the Levant
Artuqids of Hasankeyf
Origins
The Artuqids descended from Artuq, a Turkmen commander of the Seljuks. His son Sokmen, who lost Jerusalem to the Fatimids in 1098, took Hisn Kayfa (Hasankeyf) on the Tigris in 1102 and helped defeat the Crusaders at Harran in 1104.
Rule and society
The Hasankeyf line ruled the upper Tigris valley and from 1183, when Saladin gave them Amid, the city of Diyarbakir. They built the great bridge at Hasankeyf and repaired the walls of Amid. At their court Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari completed around 1206 his Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, describing water clocks, automata and pumps. Their coins often carried figurative images borrowed from Byzantine and classical models.
Decline and legacy
Caught between the Ayyubids and the Sultanate of Rum, the dynasty lost Hasankeyf and Amid to the Ayyubid al-Kamil in 1232, and the Ayyubids of Hisn Kayfa took over.
Lineage
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- Artuqids of Hasankeyf was a vassal of Seljuk Empire1102 CE – 1194 CE
- Inalids was conquered by Artuqids of Hasankeyf1183 CE
- Artuqids of Harput split from Artuqids of Hasankeyf1185 CE
- Artuqids of Hasankeyf was conquered by Ayyubid Empire1232 CE
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