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Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I (died in 1095) was the Seljuk ruler (probably sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 or emir
Emir

Emir , is a high Nobility or office, used throughout the Arab World and historically in some Turkic peoples states and Afghanistan. Emirs are usually considered high-ranking sheikhs, but in monarchical states the term is also used for princes, with "Emirate" being analogous to principality in this sense....
) of Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
 from 1079 to 1095, succeeding Abaaq al-Khwarazmi
Abaaq al-Khwarazmi

Aziz ibn Abaaq al-Khwarazmi was a commander under Malik Shah I and later became the first Seljuk Turks ruler to gain independence from the Great Seljuq Empire....
. In 1085 he conquered most of Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 from the Great Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah I
Malik Shah I

Jalal al-Dawlah Malik-shah or simply Malik Shah was the Seljuk Turks sultan from 1072 to 1092.He drove the Byzantine Empire out of most of Anatolia following their defeat by his father Alp Arslan at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071....
, but lost it in 1086, only to recapture it in 1094. After his death in 1095, his younger son Duqaq
Duqaq

Abu Nasr Shams al-Muluk Duqaq was the Seljuk Turks ruler of Damascus from 1095 to 1104.Duqaq was a son of the Seljuk ruler of Syria, Tutush I, and Khatun Safwat al-Mulk, He was the brother of Radwan....
 inherited Damascus, causing Duqaq's older brother Radwan to revolt, splitting their father's realm.








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Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I (died in 1095) was the Seljuk ruler (probably sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 or emir
Emir

Emir , is a high Nobility or office, used throughout the Arab World and historically in some Turkic peoples states and Afghanistan. Emirs are usually considered high-ranking sheikhs, but in monarchical states the term is also used for princes, with "Emirate" being analogous to principality in this sense....
) of Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
 from 1079 to 1095, succeeding Abaaq al-Khwarazmi
Abaaq al-Khwarazmi

Aziz ibn Abaaq al-Khwarazmi was a commander under Malik Shah I and later became the first Seljuk Turks ruler to gain independence from the Great Seljuq Empire....
. In 1085 he conquered most of Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 from the Great Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah I
Malik Shah I

Jalal al-Dawlah Malik-shah or simply Malik Shah was the Seljuk Turks sultan from 1072 to 1092.He drove the Byzantine Empire out of most of Anatolia following their defeat by his father Alp Arslan at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071....
, but lost it in 1086, only to recapture it in 1094. After his death in 1095, his younger son Duqaq
Duqaq

Abu Nasr Shams al-Muluk Duqaq was the Seljuk Turks ruler of Damascus from 1095 to 1104.Duqaq was a son of the Seljuk ruler of Syria, Tutush I, and Khatun Safwat al-Mulk, He was the brother of Radwan....
 inherited Damascus, causing Duqaq's older brother Radwan to revolt, splitting their father's realm.