The Muslim Near East c.1092-c.1124

Question 1

Which branch of Islam was followed by the Fatimids?

Answer 1

Ismaili Shia

Question 2

Which branch of Islam was followed by the Abbasids and the Seljuk Turks?

Answer 2

Sunni

Question 3

Which people attempted to forge an alliance with the First crusaders at Antioch?

Answer 3

Fatimids

Question 4

Which First Crusade battle resulted in the decisive defeat of Kilij Arslan?

Answer 4

Dorylaeum

Question 5

Which Muslim leader’s dispute with his brother Ridwan of Aleppo, hampered efforts to defeat the crusaders?

Answer 5

Duqaq

Question 6

Which city had just recently been recaptured by the Fatimids when the First crusaders arrived?

Answer 6

Jerusalem

Question 7

The collapse of what in Syria and Palestine made the First Crusade easier?

Answer 7

Seljuk Empire

Question 8

Which Muslim leader’s dispute with his brother Duqaq of Damascus, hampered efforts to defeat the First crusaders?

Answer 8

Ridwan

Question 9

Who betrayed the city of Antioch to the First crusaders in June 1098?

Answer 9

Firouz

Question 10

Who achieved a notable Muslim victory at the Field of Blood in 1119?

Answer 10

Il-Ghazi

Question 11

Whose major weapon was their fleet, which became less effective as the coast was taken?

Answer 11

Fatimids

Question 12

Which Muslim leader was murdered on the streets of Damascus in 1113?

Answer 12

Mawdud of Mosul

Question 13

At which battle did Toghtegin of Damascus and Mawdud of Mosul successful co-operate in 1113?

Answer 13

al-Sannabra

Question 14

Which Fatimid vizier did the Assassins murder on the streets of Cairo in 1121?

Answer 14

Al-Afdal

Question 15

Who was the Seljuk sultan ruled from 1092 to 1105 and faced many rivals to his throne?

Answer 15

Barkiyaruq

Question 16

When was the Turkish emir of Apamea killed by the Assassins?

Answer 16

1106

Question 17

When was the Turkish emir of Homs murdered by the Assassins?

Answer 17

1103

Question 18

Who, representing the Seljuk sultan, was defeated at Tell Danith in 1115?

Answer 18

Bursuq

Question 19

Which defeated Fatimid prince were the Assassins the followers of?

Answer 19

Nizar

Question 20

Who was the Seljuk sultan from 1105 to 1118?

Answer 20

Muhammad I

Question 21

Which group was Sultan Muhammad I distracted by fighting between 1105 and 1118?

Answer 21

Nizari Ismailis

Question 22

What was the name of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims who became experts in covert, asymmetric warfare?

Answer 22

Assassins

Question 23

Which Seljuk ruler was killed by rivals in 1105, the same year as he came to power?

Answer 23

Malik Shah II

Question 24

What was difficult for Muslims to wage against Franks between 1099 and 1124 due to a perceived lack of correct authority?

Answer 24

Jihad

Question 25

What did Muslims not see as an existential threat to their religion and culture between 1095 and 1099?

Answer 25

First Crusade

Question 26

What division in Islam remained just as fundamental in 1124 as it was in 1095?

Answer 26

Sunni-Shia split

Question 27

Which battle marked a significant victory for Jikirmish of Mosul and Sokman of Mardin in 1104?

Answer 27

Harran

Question 28

Which ruler of Mosul was delayed in his attack on Antioch in 1098 by his attempt to increase his own lands?

Answer 28

Kerbogha

Question 29

Who was Kilij Arslan of Rum fighting in 1097 that meant he was away from Nicaea before crusaders arrived?

Answer 29

Danishmends

Question 30

When was Nizam al-Mulk, de facto ruler of the Seljuk Empire, murdered?

Answer 30

1092

Question 31

Which Seljuk Sultan died in 1092 after a successful twenty year reign?

Answer 31

Malik Shah

Question 32

Which long reigning Fatimid caliph died in 1094?

Answer 32

al-Mustansir

Question 33

Which key Fatimid adviser and vizier died in 1094?

Answer 33

Badr al-Jamali

Question 34

Who was the Abbasid caliph that died in 1094?

Answer 34

al-Muqtadi

Question 35

Who competed with his brother Nizar for the Fatimid throne in 1094?

Answer 35

Musta’li

Question 36

Whose death in 1095 led to Syria being divided between his two sons?

Answer 36

Tutush I

Question 37

The emir of which Muslim city was killed by the Assassins in 1106?

Answer 37

Apamea

Question 38

Which Turkish atabeg of Mosul was murdered by the Assassins in 1126?

Answer 38

Aq-Sonqur

Question 39

Which Turkish atabeg controlled Damascus from 1104 until 1128?

Answer 39

Tughtegin

Question 40

Which Turkish leader of Aleppo was killed fighting Muslims in 1124?

Answer 40

Balak

Question 41

Which Damascene jurist who was the first to preach jihad against the Franks in 1105?

Answer 41

al-Sulami

Question 42

Which preacher sought aid from the Abbasids in the 1110s and inspired Muslim forces at the Field of Blood?

Answer 42

Ibn al-Khashshab

Question 43

Who killed Ibn al-Khashshab in 1125 after he led massacres against the Nizari?

Answer 43

The Assassins

Question 44

Which Atabeg of Mosul achieved a major victory over the Franks at the Battle of Harran in 1104?

Answer 44

Jikirmush

Question 45

Who became Atabeg of Mosul after murdering Jikurmush in 1106?

Answer 45

Jawali

Question 46

When did Mawdud become Atabeg of Mosul after recapturing it from the rebellious Jawali?

Answer 46

1109