Realm · approximate borders · 1104–1154

Burid dynasty (Emirate of Damascus)

Turkic dynasty founded by the atabeg Toghtekin, ruling the emirate of Damascus (with the Hauran, Baalbek and at times Homs) nominally under the Seljuks; Nur ad-Din took Damascus in 1154. Sources: Wikipedia 'Burid dynasty'.

See Burid dynasty (Emirate of Damascus) on the map in 1104

On the map: 1104–1154
Capital: Damascus

Rulers named in the sources

Toghtekin 1104–1128
Taj al-Muluk Buri 1128–1132
Mu'in ad-Din Unur (regent) 1138–1149
Mujir ad-Din Abaq 1140–1154

States of the Middle East, 2400 BCE–1886

Among the smaller states of Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Iran and the South Caucasus were Bronze and Iron Age kingdoms (Ebla, Mari, Yamhad, Kizzuwatna, Arzawa, Ugarit, Aram-Damascus, Ammon, Moab, Edom, Mannaea), the city-kingdoms of Cyprus, Characene, Elymais, Hatra, Kinda and Muhammad's state at Medina; the Caucasian kingdoms and emirates of the 9th–12th centuries (Tbilisi, Lori, Kakheti-Hereti, Syunik, Kars) and the dynasties of the 'Iranian intermezzo' (Sallarids, Rawwadids, Hasanwayhids, Kakuyids, Marwanids, Uqaylids, Mirdasids, Mazyadids, Ikhshidids); the Burids of Damascus, the Nizari Ismaili castles, the atabegs of Azerbaijan, Fars, Luristan and Kerman; the eastern Anatolian beyliks (Saltukids, Mengujekids, Shah-Armens, Artuqids, Eretnids, Kadi Burhan al-Din, Erzincan, Tacettin, Lâdik, Alaiye); the Mamluk pashas of Baghdad; Arabian states from the Sulayhids to the Jabrids, Bani Khalid, Kathiri, Mahra and Lahej; and the South Caucasus khanates of 1747–1828. Few pre-modern sources describe frontiers.