Numayrid dynasty (Abbasids)

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An Arab dynasty based in Diyar Mudar (western Upper Mesopotamia). After an initial period of indipendence they became vassals of the Fatimids and the of the Abbasids.

Establishment

January 1061: Abbasid allegiance of the Numayrid dynasty in 1060.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Malik Shah I

Expansion during the rule of Malik Shah I in the Seljuk Empire.

January 1082: Their Numayrid capital Harran and nearby Saruj were conquered by the Turkish Seljuks.

January 1087: Syrian Seljuks occupied the areas of Kyrrhos and Gaziantep (Ayntab) in 1086.

2. Conquests of Suleiman I

Expansion during the rule of Suleiman I in the Sultanate of Rum.

January 1087: Edessa conquered by Sultanate of Rum.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1063: In 1062, the Numayrids lost Raqqa to their distant kinsmen and erstwhile allies, the Mirdasids.

January 1096: Around 1094, the Seljuk emir of Damascus, Tutush I, captured Edessa and installed Thoros (Armenian T‘oros = Theodore), an old lieutenant of Philaretus, as governor. In 1095, Theodore eliminated the Turkish garrison of the citadel and made himself master of the city.

Disestablishment

January 1121: Numayrid emirs continued to hold isolated fortresses in Upper Mesopotamia, such as Qal'at an-Najm and Sinn Ibn Utayr near Samosata until the early 12th century, but nothing is heard of them after 1120.

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