Appendix II - Regnal Dates in Bilad al-sham

Summary

Major Dynasties

The Abbasid Caliphate: the Caliphs

422–67/1031–75: ʿAbd Allah b. al-Qadir al-Qaʾim.

467–87/1075–94: ʿAbd Allah b. Muhammad al-Muqtadi.

487–512/1094–1118: Ahmad b. al-Muqtadi al-Mustazhir.

512–29/1118–35: al-Fadl b. al-Mustazhir al-Mustarshid.

The Great Seljuq Sultanate

431–55/1040–63: Tughrul (I) Beg, Abu Talib Muhammad b. Mikaʾil b. Seljuq.

431–52/1040–60: Chagri Beg Dawud b. Mikaʾil b. Seljuq, ruler in Khurasan.

455–65/1063–73: ʿAdud al-Dawla Abu Shuja Muahammed b. Davud Chagri Beg Alp Arslan.

465–85/1073–92: Malik Shah I b. Alp Arslan, Jalal al-Dawla Muʿizz al-Din Abu ʾl-Fath.

485–7/1092–4: Mahmud I b. Malik Shah, Nasir al-Dunya wa ʿl-Din.

487–98/1094–1105: Berkyaruk b. Malik Shah, Abu ʿl-Muzaffar Rukn al-Dunya wa ʿl-Din.

498–511/1105–18: Muhammad I Tapar b. Malik Shah, Abu Shuja Ghiyath al-Dunya wa ʾl-Din.

511–52/1118–57: Ahmad Sanjar b. Malik Shah, Aba Shujaʾ Ghiyath al-Dunya wa ʿl-Din.

Sultans in Iraq and Western Persia

511–26/1118–32: Mahmud II b. Muhammad I, Abu ʿl-Qasim Mughith al-Dunya wa ʿl-Din Jalal al-Dawla.

The Fatimid Caliphate: the Caliphs

427–87/1036–94: Maʾadd b. al-Zahir, Abu Tamim al-Mustansir.

487–95/1094–1101: Ahmad b. al-Mustansir, Abu ʿl-Qasim al-Mustaʿli.

495–524/1101–30: al-Mansur b. al-Mustaʿli, Abu ʿAli al-Amir.

The Fatimid Viziers (with Political Authority)

467–87/1074–94: Abu l-Najm Badr al-Jamali al-Mustansiri.

487–515/1094–1121: al-Afdal b. Badr al-Jamali.

Rulers of Aleppo, Damascus and Mosul

Aleppo

433–49/1042–57: Thimal b. Salih, Abu ʿUlwan Muʾizz al-Dawla (first reign).

449–52/1057–60: Fatimid occupation of Aleppo by Ibn Mulhim.

452–3/1060–1: Mahmud b. Nasr II, Rashid al-Dawla (first reign).

453–4/1061–2: Thimal b. Salih, Abu ʿUlwan Muʾizz al-Dawla (second reign).

454–7/1062–5: ʿAtiyya b. Salih, Abu Dhuʾaba.

457–68/1065–76: Mahmud b. Nasr II, Rashid al-Dawla (second reign).

468/1075–6: Nasr b. Mahmud, Abu ‘l-Muzaffar Jalal al-Dawla.

468–72/1076–80: Sabiq b. Mahmud, Abu ʿl-Fadaʾil.

472–80/1080–7: Muslim b. Quraysh, Abu ʿl-Makarim Sharaf al-Dawla.

480–7/1087–95: Qasim al-Dawla Aqsunqur.

487/1095: Tutush b. Alp Arslan, Abu Saʾid Taj al-Dawla.

488–507/1095–1104: Ridwan b. Tutush, Fakhr al-Mulk.

507/1113: Alp Arslan al-Akhras b. Ridwan.