Burid dynasty
Medieval Turkish principality in Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Burid dynasty was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin which ruled over the Emirate of Damascus in the early 12th century, as subjects of the Seljuk Empire.
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Burid dynasty | |||||||||
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1104–1154 | |||||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Government | Emirate | ||||||||
Emir | |||||||||
• 1104–1128 | Toghtekin (first) | ||||||||
• 1140–1154 | Mujir ad-Din Abaq (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1104 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1154 | ||||||||
Currency | Dinar | ||||||||
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