Nur al-Din Muhammad

This article is about the son of Kara Arslan of Artuqids. For the Nizārī Ismā'īlī Imām and of the ruler of the Nizārī Ismā'īlī state, see Nur al-Din Muhammad II.

Coin of Nur al-Din Muhammad enthroned, dated 576 H (1180–1181 CE).

Nur ad-Din Muhammad (r. 1175–1185 CE) was a member of the Artuqid dynasty, and the son of Fahkr al-Din Qara Arslan (Kara Arslan).

Life

Nur ad-Din Muhammad was the Artuqid ruler of the Diyar Bakr, the northernmost region of Mesopotamia. He had married a daughter of Kilij Arslan II, the Sultan of Rum, but neglected her in favour of a singing girl. Angered, Kilij Arslan threatened Nur ad-Din, who sought the protection of Saladin in 1179. In 1183 Saladin granted him the recently conquered Amida in return for his assistance against Mosul.

See also

Coinage of Muhammad, al-Hisn, 578 H. Obverse: Ala'smi'llah duriba bi'l-Hisn written date around youthful Seleucid head. Reverse: Malik al-umara Muhiyy al-`adil Nur al-Din Muhammad bin Qara Arslan bin Artuq Nasir al-Imam al-Nasir li-din allah /Mal'un man yu'ayyiruhu - legend in beaded circle

• Artuqids

Bibliography

• Lyons, M. C.; Jackson, D. E. P. (1982). Saladin: the Politics of the Holy War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-31739-9.
• Mecit, Songül (2014). The Rum Seljuqs: evolution of a dynasty. Routledge studies in the history of Iran and Turkey. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-415-50540-6.

External links

• Encyclopaedia of Islam, VIII. 135-136 (link)