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Jikirmish
Atabeg of Mosul from 1102 and 1106 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shams al-Dawla Jikirmish, also known as Jekermish, Chokurmish or Chökürmish (died in 1106), was the Turkoman atabeg of Mosul from 1102 to 1106.[1] After the death of his predecessor Kerbogha, he became the adoptive father of Imad al-Din Zengi.[2] Jikirmish and Sökmen of Mardin defeated the united armies of Bohemond I of Antioch and Baldwin II of Edessa in the Battle of Harran on 7 May 1104 in which Baldwin was captured.[3][4] He held Baldwin II as a prisoner, having purloined him from the camp of Sökmen. Jikirmish, after an unsuccessful siege at Edessa, fled with Baldwin to Mosul where he held him captive. Tancred, defending Edessa, then captured a Seljuq princess of Jikirmish's household. Jikirmish offered to pay a ransom or to release Baldwin in return for her liberty. Bohemond and Tancred preferred the money and Baldwin remained imprisoned. During a stay at Tal Afar, he was murdered by his successor Jawali Saqawa in 1106 who subsequently seized Mosul and his hostage Baldwin.
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