Bursuq[1] (died 1097), often recorded as Bursuq the Elder[2] and Amir Ispahsalar Bursuq,[3] was a prominent political and military figure of the Great Seljuk Empire and the founder of the Bursuqid dynasty, the local governors of Luristan and northern Khuzestan.[4]
^Persian: برسقBursuq / Barsaq, from Turkic borsuq, meaning "badger"
Bursuq (died 1097), often recorded as BursuqtheElder and Amir Ispahsalar Bursuq, was a prominent political and military figure of the Great Seljuk Empire...
Bursuq may refer to: BursuqtheElder (d. 1097), Seljuk military leader Bursuq II (d. 1116/7), emir of Hamadan This disambiguation page lists articles...
Bursuq theElder. Bursuq ibn Bursuq was a Turkic general in the service of the Seljuq Sultan Muhammad I Tapar. As emir of Hamadan, he participated in the military...
attributed to the Assassins (the Nizaris of Alamut), active in Western Asia, Central Asia, and Egypt, in the 11th through 13th centuries. The Assassins were...
included most of southwest Asia in the 11th century and after, from Iran in Isfahan. BursuqtheElder (April 1060 – 1061), the first shihna of Baghdad Oshin...
Baldwin, chasing the Franks from the field at the battle of al-Sannabra. Mawdud was killed by Assassins. Bursuq ibn Bursuq led the Seljuk army in 1115...
population drove the Assassins out, but they continued to occupy a smaller fortress at Khalinjan. In 1097, Barkiyaruq associate Bursuq was killed by Assassins...
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