Burid dynasty

Burid dynasty
الدولة البورية
1104–1154
CapitalDamascus
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentEmirate
Emir 
• 1104–1128
Toghtekin (first)
• 1140–1154
Mujir ad-Din Abaq (last)
History 
• Established
1104
• Disestablished
1154
CurrencyDinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Seljuk Empire
Zengid dynasty

The Burid dynasty (Arabic: الدولة البورية Romanized: Al-Dawla al-Buria) or the Emirate of Damascus (Arabic: إمارة دمشق Romanized: Imarat Dimashq) was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin which ruled over the Emirate of Damascus in the early 12th century, as subjects of the Seljuk Empire.


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