Saltuk II
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Saltuk II was a bey of Saltukids in the 12th century.
Salduq b. `Ali under the authority of Tughril Beg, Rukh al-Din Abu Talib. Erzurum, 540-70 H (1146-1176 CE).
Shaddadids
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The Shaddadids were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin. who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran from 951 to 1199 AD. They were established in Dvin. Through their long tenure in Armenia,
Saltuk II
…death of his uncle Ziyaeddin in 1132. He formed family relations with the other Turkmen beyliks around Erzurum. However, when Fakr al-Din Shaddad, a Shaddadid emir of Ani asked for Saltuk's daughter's hand Saltuk refused him. This caused a deep hatred in Şeddat towards Saltuk. In 1154 he planned a plot and…
The Byzantines are lured into a trap and defeated by Aplesphares (Abu'l-Aswar, the Kurdish emir of Dvin. 13th-century
Coinage of Fadl b. Muhammad Shaddadi, Janza (985-1031 CE).
"Church of the Holy Apostles" at Ani, built around the time of the Shaddadids.
The ruins of Manuchihr Mosque, an 11th-century Shaddadid mosque built among the ruins of Ani.