The Muslim Near East c.1092-c.1124 Flashcards
Which branch of Islam was followed by the Fatimids?
Ismaili Shia
Which branch of Islam was followed by the Abbasids and the Seljuk Turks?
Sunni
Which people attempted to forge an alliance with the First crusaders at Antioch?
Fatimids
Which First Crusade battle resulted in the decisive defeat of Kilij Arslan?
Dorylaeum
Which Muslim leader’s dispute with his brother Ridwan of Aleppo, hampered efforts to defeat the crusaders?
Duqaq
Which city had just recently been recaptured by the Fatimids when the First crusaders arrived?
Jerusalem
The collapse of what in Syria and Palestine made the First Crusade easier?
Seljuk Empire
Which Muslim leader’s dispute with his brother Duqaq of Damascus, hampered efforts to defeat the First crusaders?
Ridwan
Who betrayed the city of Antioch to the First crusaders in June 1098?
Firouz
Who achieved a notable Muslim victory at the Field of Blood in 1119?
Il-Ghazi
Whose major weapon was their fleet, which became less effective as the coast was taken?
Fatimids
Which Muslim leader was murdered on the streets of Damascus in 1113?
Mawdud of Mosul
At which battle did Toghtegin of Damascus and Mawdud of Mosul successful co-operate in 1113?
al-Sannabra
Which Fatimid vizier did the Assassins murder on the streets of Cairo in 1121?
Al-Afdal
Who was the Seljuk sultan ruled from 1092 to 1105 and faced many rivals to his throne?
Barkiyaruq
When was the Turkish emir of Apamea killed by the Assassins?
1106
When was the Turkish emir of Homs murdered by the Assassins?
1103
Who, representing the Seljuk sultan, was defeated at Tell Danith in 1115?
Bursuq
Which defeated Fatimid prince were the Assassins the followers of?
Nizar
Who was the Seljuk sultan from 1105 to 1118?
Muhammad I
Which group was Sultan Muhammad I distracted by fighting between 1105 and 1118?
Nizari Ismailis
What was the name of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims who became experts in covert, asymmetric warfare?
Assassins
Which Seljuk ruler was killed by rivals in 1105, the same year as he came to power?
Malik Shah II
What was difficult for Muslims to wage against Franks between 1099 and 1124 due to a perceived lack of correct authority?
Jihad
What did Muslims not see as an existential threat to their religion and culture between 1095 and 1099?
First Crusade
What division in Islam remained just as fundamental in 1124 as it was in 1095?
Sunni-Shia split
Which battle marked a significant victory for Jikirmish of Mosul and Sokman of Mardin in 1104?
Harran
Which ruler of Mosul was delayed in his attack on Antioch in 1098 by his attempt to increase his own lands?
Kerbogha
Who was Kilij Arslan of Rum fighting in 1097 that meant he was away from Nicaea before crusaders arrived?
Danishmends
When was Nizam al-Mulk, de facto ruler of the Seljuk Empire, murdered?
1092
Which Seljuk Sultan died in 1092 after a successful twenty year reign?
Malik Shah
Which long reigning Fatimid caliph died in 1094?
al-Mustansir
Which key Fatimid adviser and vizier died in 1094?
Badr al-Jamali
Who was the Abbasid caliph that died in 1094?
al-Muqtadi
Who competed with his brother Nizar for the Fatimid throne in 1094?
Musta’li
Whose death in 1095 led to Syria being divided between his two sons?
Tutush I
The emir of which Muslim city was killed by the Assassins in 1106?
Apamea
Which Turkish atabeg of Mosul was murdered by the Assassins in 1126?
Aq-Sonqur
Which Turkish atabeg controlled Damascus from 1104 until 1128?
Tughtegin
Which Turkish leader of Aleppo was killed fighting Muslims in 1124?
Balak
Which Damascene jurist who was the first to preach jihad against the Franks in 1105?
al-Sulami
Which preacher sought aid from the Abbasids in the 1110s and inspired Muslim forces at the Field of Blood?
Ibn al-Khashshab
Who killed Ibn al-Khashshab in 1125 after he led massacres against the Nizari?
The Assassins
Which Atabeg of Mosul achieved a major victory over the Franks at the Battle of Harran in 1104?
Jikirmush
Who became Atabeg of Mosul after murdering Jikurmush in 1106?
Jawali
When did Mawdud become Atabeg of Mosul after recapturing it from the rebellious Jawali?
1109
