List of rulers of Aleppo

This is a list of rulers of Aleppo from ancient times to the present.

Contents 1 Seleucids 2 Romans and Byzantines 3 Muslim Arabs 4 Hamdanids 5 The Fatimids 6 The Mirdassites (1015–1094) 7 The Aquilites (1079–1086) 8 Sultanate of Aleppo (1086–1260) 9 Mameluks 10 See also

Seleucids

• The ancient city taken from the Achaemenid Persians by Alexander the Great in 333 BC, remained in the possession of his successors the Seleucids.

Romans and Byzantines

• To Rome in 64 BC

Muslim Arabs

• Taken by Khalid ibn Walid in 637

Hamdanids

• Saif al-Daula (945 – 967)
• Saad al-Daula 967–991
• Saeed al-Daula 991–1002
• Abu al-Hassan 1002–1004
• Abu al-Maaly 1004

The Fatimids

• Lu'lu' 1004–1009
• Murtada Ad Dawla Mansur 1009–1015
• Fath The Slave 1015–1023

The Mirdassites (1015–1094)

• Assad ul Dawla Salih ibn Mirdas 1023–1029
• Shibl ud Dawla Nasr 1029–1038
• Anushtukin Al Dabzari 1038–1043
• Muez ud Dwala Thumal 1043–1057
• Al Hassan Bin Mulhem 1057–1060
• Rashid ud Dawla Mahmud 1060–1076
• Jalal ud Dawla Nasr 1076–1076
• Abul Fadl Sabeq 1076–1079

The Aquilites (1079–1086)

• Sharaf Ud Dawla Muslim 1079–1085
• Ibrahim Bin Quraysh 1085–1085
• Al Sharif Bin Al Habiby 1085–1086

Sultanate of Aleppo (1086–1260)

• Seljuq Dynasty in Aleppo and Damascus:
  • Qasim Ud Dawla Aq Sunqur1086–1094
  • Tag Ud Dawla Tutush 1094–1095
• Seljuq Dynasty in Aleppo:
  • Radwan ibn Tausch 1095–1113
  • Alp Arslan al-Akhies ibn-Radwan 1113–1114
  • Sultan Shah ibn-Radwan 1114–1117
    • Ibn al-Khashshab, de facto
• The Artuqids in Aleppo:
  • Ghazi ibn-Artuq 1117
  • Timurtash ibn-al-Ghazi 1117–1118
  • Suleyman I ibn-al-Ghazi 1118–1121
  • Suleyman II (usurper) 1121–1123
  • Balak the Usurper 1123–1124
  • Timurtash ibn-al-Ghazi (second time) 1124–1125
  • Ak Sunkur 1125–1127 (Sultan of Mosul)
  • Masul ibn-Ak Sunkur 1127–1128 (Sultan of )
• Zengid dynasty in Aleppo:
  • Zenghi I Ibn Ak Sunkur Kasim el Awla 1128–1146
  • Nur ad-Din Mahmud ibn-Zengi 1146–1173 (since 1154 to 1173 united with Damascus)
  • Malek as-Saleh ibn-Nur ad-Din 1173–1181
  • Masud of Mosul (son of the Mosul Sultan) 1181–1182
  • Zengi II, brother of Masud 1182–1183
• Conquered by Saladin in 1183; Sultan 1183–1186 (in Egypt, Damascus and Aleppo)
• Ayyubid dynasty in Aleppo:
  • Malek Al-Adil I (brother of Saladin, viceroy) 1183–1186
  • Malek Az-Zahir 1186–1216
  • Malek Al-Aziz 1216–1236
  • Al Malek An-Nasir Yusuf 1236–1260
• Mongol conquest in 1260, and then to Kutus, Mameluk Sultan of Egypt

Mameluks

• Imad ud Din Al Qazwinny 1260–1260
• Al Saeed Ali Al Mousily 1260–1260
• Hussam Ud Din Lagin 1260–1261

See also

• Rulers of Damascus
• List of Emirs of Mosul