Yuluq Arslan

Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (r.1184–1204) was an Artuqid dynasty ruler of the regions of Mardin and Mayyafariqin.

Some of his coinage displays an armoured Turk ruler holding a severed head in his left hand.[2] The obverse contains the name "Nur al-Din Atabeg", a likely allusion to his contemporary Nur al-Din Arslan Shah, although it remains unclear why he would show the effigy of his rival from Mossul. The reverse acknowledges the religious affiliation to the Abbasid caliph.[2][3][4]

Yuluq Arslan was a vassal of Saladin. When Saladin died in 1193, he issued a coin showing four women mourning the death of Saladin.[5]

He was succeeded by his son Artuq Arslan.

  • Four women mourning the death of Saladin, on a coin of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, a vassal of Saladin, 589 H (1193 CE).[5]
  • Coinage of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 (AD 1184-1200) Dated AH 582 (AD 1186-7). Diademed and draped half-length facing male bust.

References

  1. ^ Whelan Type IV, 58 (for rev.); S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4.
  2. ^ a b "Coin British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
  3. ^ BMC Oriental 3 / The coins of the Turkuman houses of Seljook, Urtuk, Zengee, etc in the British Museum, classes X-XIV, 409 p.153
  4. ^ Hillenbrand, Robert (1 January 1999). Islamic Art and Architecture. Thames and Hudson. p. 133, Fig. 104. ISBN 978-0-500-20305-7.
  5. ^ a b El-Azhari, Taef (24 June 2019). Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 350–351, xvii Fig.10. ISBN 978-1-4744-2319-9.
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