Yahya ibn Ali al-Tanukhi

Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī al-Tanūkhī (5 March 1051 – c. 1105), called Ibn Zurayq, was a Syrian chronicler.^[1]

Ibn Zurayq was born in Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān. He played a role in the First Crusades.^[2] He probably died in the first decade of the 12th century,^[1] although Bernard Lewis places his death after 1115.^[3]

Ibn Zurayq wrote a lost chronicle (tārīkh) covering Seljuk rule in Syria and the First Crusades.^[4] Only a few extracts are preserved through Ibn al-ʿAdīm via al-ʿUlaymī.^[2][3][4] These provide information on Alp Arslan's campaign against Aleppo and the relationship between Khalaf ibn Mulāʿib and Aq Sunqur.^[4]