Janah ad-Dawla was the
Seljuq emir of
Homs
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during the
First Crusade
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic ...
. He was the atabeg of
Ridwan who took control of Aleppo after the death of Ridwan's father
Tutush I
Abu Sa'id Taj al-Dawla Tutush (; died 25 February 1095) or Tutush I, was the Seljuk emir of Damascus from 1078 to 1092, and sultan of Damascus from 1092 to 1094.
Years under Malik Shah
Tutush was a brother of the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah I. In 1 ...
in 1095. He later joined
Kerbogha
Qiwam al-Dawla Kerbogha ( tr, Kürboğa), known as Kerbogha or Karbughā, was atabeg of Mosul during the First Crusade and was renowned as a soldier.
Early life
Kerbogha was a Seljuk Turk who owed his success to his military talent. He supp ...
's army during the second
siege of Antioch
The siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098, on the crusaders' way to Jerusalem through Syria. Two sieges took place in succession. The first siege, by the crusaders against the city held by the Seljuk Empire, ...
in 1098. He was murdered by three
Assassins
An assassin is a person who commits targeted murder.
Assassin may also refer to:
Origin of term
* Someone belonging to the medieval Persian Ismaili order of Assassins
Animals and insects
* Assassin bugs, a genus in the family ''Reduviid ...
in 1103, apparently by order of
al-Hakim al-Munajjim and apparently instigated by Ridwan.
[Lewis, Bernard (2003). ''The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam''. New York: Perseus Books Group., pg. 100]
References
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Emirs
Rulers of Syria
11th-century monarchs in the Middle East
Muslims of the First Crusade
People of the Nizari–Seljuk wars
Victims of the Order of Assassins