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'''Janah ad-Dawla''' was the emir of [[Homs]] during the [[First Crusade]]. He |
'''Janah ad-Dawla''' was the [[Arab]] [[Seljuq Empire|Seljuq]] emir of [[Homs]] during the [[First Crusade]]. He was the atabeg of [[Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan|Ridwan]] who took control of Aleppo after the death of Ridwan's father [[Tutush I]] in 1095.<ref>Baldwin, Marshall W., and Setton, Kenneth M, A History of the Crusades: Volume One, The First Hundred Years, 1969, pg. 164</ref> He later joined [[Kerbogha]]'s army during the second [[siege of Antioch]] in 1098. He was murdered by three [[Order of Assassins|Assassins]] in 1103, apparently by order of [[al-Hakim al-Munajjim]] and apparently instigated by Ridwan.<ref>Lewis, Bernard (2003). ''The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam''. New York: Perseus Books Group., pg. 100</ref> |
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Janah ad-Dawla was the Arab Seljuq emir of Homs during the First Crusade. He was the atabeg of Ridwan who took control of Aleppo after the death of Ridwan's father Tutush I in 1095.[1] He later joined Kerbogha's army during the second siege of Antioch in 1098. He was murdered by three Assassins in 1103, apparently by order of al-Hakim al-Munajjim and apparently instigated by Ridwan.[2]