His real name was Najm al-Dīn b. Ilghāzī b. Manṣūr Artuq b. Arslān b. Ilghāzī b. Sunnī b. Timurtāsh b. Ilghāzī b. Erīsī. He was a courageous ruler. He was the deputy (nāʾib) of Ḥalab appointed by Turān-Shāh b. Melik Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn and Melik Zāhir b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Zāhir b. Nāṣir. He fortified Ḥalab against the Mongols for a month. After a severe siege, he obtained the city from them through peaceful surrender. He died that year and was buried in the corridor of his house.
Governor of Mardin Melik Saʿīd
His real name was Najm al-Dīn b. Ilghāzī b. Manṣūr Artuq b. Arslān b. Ilghāzī b. Sunnī b. Timurtāsh b. Ilghāzī b. Erīsī. He was a courageous ruler. He was the deputy (nāʾib) of Ḥalab appointed by Turān-Shāh b. Melik …
