Artuqid forces

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The Artuqid forces were the Turkmen troops of the Artuqid dynasty, a powerful Muslim ruling house in Upper Mesopotamia and Anatolia that frequently fought against the Crusader states in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic military forces
Turkmen troops
medieval military force
activeInCentury 11th century
12th century
activeInRegion Anatolia
Upper Mesopotamia
alliedWith Seljuk Empire
Zengid dynasty
commandLanguage Arabic
Turkic
conflictWith County of Edessa
Crusader states
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Principality of Antioch
coreUnitType horse archers
light cavalry
engagedIn raiding
siege warfare
ethnicComposition Turkmen
linked to: Turkmens
garrisonedIn Diyarbakır
Hisn Kayfa
Mardin
militaryBranchOf Artuqid dynasty
militaryCulture Oghuz Turkic
militaryType cavalry-dominated army
participatedIn campaigns in northern Syria
wars against the Crusaders
politicalLoyalty Artuqid emirs
linked to: Artuqid dynasty
politicalSystemContext Turkic beylik
linked to: Anatolian beyliks
recruitmentBase Turkmen tribal groups
religion Sunni Islam
religiousContext Islamic–Christian conflict during the Crusades
servedUnder Artuq ibn Aksab
Ilghazi
Najm al-Din Ilghazi
Timurtash
timePeriod High Middle Ages
usedArmor lamellar armor
mail armor
usedTactic ambush warfare
hit-and-run raids
mounted archery
usedWeapon composite bow
spear
sword

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Battle of Harran (1104) belligerent Artuqid forces