Ahmadilis

Ahmadili dynasty
1122–1225
Capital	Maragheh
Religion	Sunni Islam
Government	Emirate
History
• Established	1122
• Disestablished	1225
Preceded by Succeeded by Rawadid dynasty Seljuk Empire Anushtegin dynasty

The Ahmadilis (Template:Lang-fa), also known as the Atabegs of Maragheh (اتابکان مراغه Atābakān-e Marāghe, ) were a local Turcoman dynasty who ruled from the early 12th century until 1208–09 in Maragheh itself and in Ru'in Dez for some years after the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire. They ruled approximately from 1122 to 1225.

Notices in the chronicles of this localised line of Atabegs are only sporadic, and numismatic evidences have not thus far been found, so it is difficult to reconstruct their chronology and genealogy. Bosworth says that they were a dynasty of Oghuz Turk origin that started with Aq Sunqur Ahmadili, who was presumably a freedman of the Kurdish commander of the Seljuq Empire, Ahmadil ibn Ibrahim. A female member of the family, Sulafa Khatun, was ruling Maragheh until these places were sacked by the Mongols in 1221. In 1225, Sulafa Khatun married the Khwarazmshah Jalal al-Din Mangburni, who administered her territories. In 1231, the region fell to the Mongol armies.

Rulers

1. Aq Sunqur I, 1122-1134
2. Ak Sunkur II, 1134-1169
3. Ala al-Din Korpe Arslan and Rukn al-Din, 1134-1173
4. Falak al-Din, 1173-1189
5. Ala-al-Din Korpe Arslan, 1189-1208
6. Arslan-Aba II, 1208-1209
7. Sulafa Khatun, 1209-1225

See also

• Turkic peoples#History
• Timeline of the Turkic peoples (500–1300)

References

Bibliography

• Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1976). The mediaeval islamic underworld: the Banu Sasan in Arabic society and literature. The Arabic jargon texts. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-04502-3.
• Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (January 1996). The New Islamic Dynasties. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-10714-3.
• Nishapuri, Zahir al-Din; Tabib, Rashid al-Din (2001). The History of the Seljuq Turks: From the Jami Al-Tawarikh. Curzon.

Further reading

• Luther, K.A. (1987). "ATĀBAKĀN-E MARĀḠA". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 8. pp. 898–900.
• Yavari, Neguin (2011). "Aḥmadīlīs". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.