Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān II
Appearance
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Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān II, also Sökmen II (ruled 1185–1201), was an Artuqid ruler of the Hasankeyf (Ḥiṣn Kaifā) branch, whose capital was at Diyarbakır (Amid) since 1183. He was the son of Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1185–1201.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Copper alloy dirham of Qutb al-Din Sukman II, Kayfa, 594 H. 1917.216.902". numismatics.org. American Numismatic Society.
- ^ Whelan 1988, p. 146.
- ^ Bosworth, Clifford E., The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996, pgs. 194-196
Sources
[edit]- Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2004). The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-2137-7.
- Whelan, Estelle (1988), "Representations of the Khassakiyah and the Origins of Mamluk Emblems", in Soucek, Priscilla (ed.), Content and Context of Visual Arts in the Islamic World, University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press