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Coinage of al-Ghuzzal-‘irāqiyya and its Relationto the Seljuq Conquest, in Bruno Callegher e Arianna D'Ottone
Ramadan, Atef M. M.
2010
Abstract
Al-Ghuzz al-ʿIrāqiyya a group of Turkuman – this group was from the Turks –
dwelling in Khurāsān with Seljuq, who were brought by the Ghaznawid ruler
Maḥmūd b. Sebüktigin (389-421H./998-1030AD).Turkuman were causing trouble, corruption, destruction and disturbance in
all land they entered. When their corruption was too much, they were fight by
Maḥmūd. They were ousted from his land in the year 420 H. al-Ghuzz al-ʿIrāqiyya
went to zerbayjān under the Rawwādid ruler Wahsūdān (416-451H./1025-
1059AD), who received and treated them well and seek peace with them.Symbol of Turkuman appeared above Rev. field, it the first time that this
symbol appear in Islamic coins, before it used again on the Artuqid coins for
the first time on the coins of Ḥusām al-Dīn Timurtāsh in Mārdīn (516-
547H./1122-1152AD)18 . Turkuman used symbol different from the Seljuq
symbol bow and arrow,its mentionrd that Turkuman are a group different
from the Seljuq. We conclude that Turkuman were working at service of Seljuq so when
Maḥmūd b. Sebūktigin asked Seljuq for helping him, Turkuman moved with
them to Khurāsān. When their corruption was too much, they were fight by
Maḥmūd. They were ousted from his land in the year 420 H.
Series
Polymnia: Numismatica antica e medievale. Studi
1
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Atef M. M. Ramadan , Coinage of al-Ghuzzal-‘irāqiyya and its Relationto the Seljuq Conquest, in Bruno Callegher e Arianna D'Ottone (a cura di): "The 2nd Simone Assemani symposium on islamic coins", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2010, pp. 191-199.
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