Toghtekin

Zahir al-Din Toghtekin
Emir of Damascus
Reign1104–1128
PredecessorIrtash
SuccessorTaj al-Muluk Buri
DiedNovember 8, 1122
Damascus
IssueTaj al-Muluk Buri
HouseBurids

Zahir al-Din Toghtekin or Tughtekin (Modern Turkish: Tuğtekin; Arabicised epithet: ظاهر الدين طغتكين Zahir ad-Din Tughtikin; died February 12, 1128), also spelled Tughtegin, was a Turkoman military leader, who was emir of Damascus from 1104 to 1128. He was the founder of the Burid dynasty of Damascus.

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