List of rulers of Aleppo

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

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

Emirs of Aleppo

Hamdanids (945–1002/4)

• Sayf al-Dawla 945–967
• Sa'd al-Dawla 967–991
• Sa'id al-Dawla 991–1002

Under Fatimid control

• Lu'lu' al-Kabir 1002/4–1009
• Murtada al-Dawla Mansur 1009–1016
• Mubarak al-Dawla Fatah 1016–1017
• Fatik Aziz al-Dawla 1017–1023

Mirdasids (1015–1094)

• Asad al-Dawla Salih ibn Mirdas 1023–1029
• Shibl al-Dawla Nasr 1029–1038
• Anushtukin Al Dabzari 1038–1043
• Mu'izz al-Dawla Thimal 1043–1057
• Al Hassan Bin Mulhem 1057–1060
• Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud 1060–1076
• Jalal al-Dawla Nasr 1076–1076
• Sabiq ibn Mahmud 1076–1079

Uqaylids (1079–1086)

• Sharaf al-Dawla Muslim 1079–1085
• Ibrahim ibn Quraysh 1085–1085
• Al Sharif ibn al-Habibi 1085–1086

Sultanate of Aleppo (1086–1260)

• Seljuq Dynasty in Aleppo and Damascus:
  • Qasim Ud Dawla Aq Sunqur 1086–1094
  • 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 Mosul)
• 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