Yusuf ibn Firuz

Yusuf ibn Firuz (surname also spelled Fayruz) was the Burid governor of Damascus in 1129.[1] He encouraged the massacre of Isma'ili partisans, who were based in the fortress of Banias southwest of Damascus, in September 1129 by Taj al-Mulk Buri .[2] Ibn Firuz was a close adviser of Buri, who replaced him as governor of Damascus. However, when Buri was succeeded by his son Shams al-Mulk Isma'il, the latter tried to have Ibn Firuz killed because he feared that Ibn Firuz was plotting his murder.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Setton 1969, p. 707.
  2. ↑ Setton 1969, p. 117.
  3. ↑ Runciman 1951, p. 196.

Bibliography

  • Runciman, Steven (1951). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521347716.
  • Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1969). A History of the Crusades: The First Hundred Years. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299048341.
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