Shams al-Mulk Isma'il
Atabeg of Damascus
Reign1133 – 1135
PredecessorTaj al-Muluk Buri
SuccessorShihab al-Din Mahmud
Born1113
Died1 February 1135(1135-02-01) (aged 21–22)
Damascus
Names
Shams al-Mulk Isma'il
HouseBurid
FatherTaj al-Muluk Buri
MotherZumurrud
ReligionSunni Islam

Shams al-Mulk Isma'il (1113 – February 1, 1135) was the Burid atabeg (or Seljuk ruler) of the Emirate of Damascus from 1132 to 1135.

Early life

Shams al-Mulk Isma'il, born in 1113,[1] was the son of Taj al-Muluk Buri, the atabeg of Damascus, and his wife Zumurrud.[2][3] Two Assassins wounded Buri in the stomach in May 1132 in revenge for the massacre of their fellows in Damascus.[4][5] Buri suffered for 13 months before he died in June 1133.[4][5] Ismail succeeded his father and decided to seize Banias, which had previously been taken by Baldwin II of Jerusalem with the Assassins' assistance.[6] Ismail attacked Banias and captured it on 11 December 1132.[4][5]

Ailba, a female slave of Ismail's grandfather, Toghtekin, made an attempt on Ismail's life in 1134.[1] After being captured, she listed the names of many peoples who desired Ismail's death because of his tyrannical acts.[7] He ordered the arrest of the alleged conspirators, including his half-brother, Sawinj, who starved to death in the prison.[8] Fearing for his life, Ismail left Damascus and settled in the fortress of Salkhad.[7] He also sent envoys to his father's old enemy, Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Aleppo and Mosul, seeking his protection in exchange for Damascus.[7]

Ismail was murdered on February 1, 1135.[9] The author of the contemporaneous Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades accused Ismail's mother of ordering his servants to kill him, because Ismail also wanted to kill her lover.[7] She appointed her younger son Shihab al-Din Mahmud to rule Damascus.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Maalouf 1984, p. 119.
  2. ↑ Maalouf 1984, pp. 117, 120.
  3. ↑ Barber 2012, p. 164.
  4. 1 2 3 Maalouf 1984, p. 117.
  5. 1 2 3 Lock 2006, p. 41.
  6. ↑ Lock 2006, pp. 40–41.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Maalouf 1984, p. 120.
  8. ↑ Maalouf 1984, pp. 120–121.
  9. ↑ Lock 2006, p. 42.

Sources

  • Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9.
  • Lock, Peter (2006). The Routledge Companion to the Crusades. Routledge. ISBN 9-78-0-415-39312-6.
  • Maalouf, Amin (1984). The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. SAQI. ISBN 978-0-86356-023-1.
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