Yahya ibn Ali al-Tanukhi
Syrian chronicler
About Yahya ibn Ali al-Tanukhi
Born 1051.
Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī al-Tanūkhī (5 March 1051 – ), called Ibn Zurayq, was a Syrian chronicler.
Ibn Zurayq was born in Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān. He played a role in the First Crusades. He probably died in the first decade of the 12th century, although Bernard Lewis places his death after 1115.
Ibn Zurayq wrote a lost chronicle (tārīkh) covering Seljuk rule in Syria and the First Crusades. Only a few extracts are preserved through Ibn al-ʿAdīm via al-ʿUlaymī. These provide information on Alp Arslan's campaign against Aleppo and the relationship between Khalaf ibn Mulāʿib and Aq Sunqur.
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Syrian chronicler
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Yahya ibn Ali al-Tanukhi was born in 1051.
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