Mardin

Mardin is a metropolis and multiple bishopric in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River that rises steeply over the flat plains. Byzantine Izala fell to the Seljuks inside the 11th century. During the Artuqid duration, many of Mardin's ancient homes have been built, together with numerous mosques, palaces, madrassas and khans.

Mardin served because the capital of one of the two Artuqid branches for the duration of the 11th and 12th centuries. The lands of the Artukid dynasty fell to the Mongol invasion someday among 1235 and 1243, however the Artuqids persevered to control as vassals of the Mongol Empire. During the warfare of Ain Jalut in 1260, the Artuqid governor revolted towards Mongol rule. Hulagu's general and Chupan's ancestor, Koke-Ilge of the Jalayir, stormed the town and Hulegu appointed the rise up's son, al-Nasir, governor of Mardin.

Although, Hulagu suspected the latter's loyalty for a while, thereafter the Artuqids remained loyal not like nomadic Bedouin and Kurd tribes in the south western frontier. The Mongol Ilkhanids taken into consideration them critical allies. For this loyalty they confirmed, Artuqids had been given more lands in 1298 and 1304. Mardin later passed to the Aq Qoyunlu, a federation of Turkic tribes that controlled territory all the way to the Caspian Sea.