Bursuq ibn Bursuq, also known asBursuk ibn Bursuk (died in 1116 or 1117), was theemir (or lord) ofHamadan.
He was the most notable son ofBursuq the Elder.[1] Bursuq ibn Bursuq was a Turkic general in the service of theSeljuq SultanMuhammad I Tapar.[2] As emir of Hamadan, he participated in the military campaigns against the crusader states from the 1110s.[2] TheArtuqid ruler ofMardinIlghazi defeated the supreme commander of the Sultan's army,Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, in late 1114.[3][4] Muhammad I soon replaced Aqsunqur with Bursuq, also charging him with the direction of thejihad (or holy war) against the crusaders (or Franks).[2][3] After gathering new troops in Mosul and theJazira, Bursuq invaded Syria in early 1115.[4][5][6] After besiegingEdessa for a short time, he marched towardsAleppo where he wanted to establish his base of operation.[4][5] The eunuch atabeg of Aleppo,Lulu, sent envoys to Ilghazi, and the atabeg of Damascus,Toghtekin, seeking their assistance against Bursuq.[5] Ilghazi and Toghtekin approachedRoger of Salerno, who ruled thePrincipality of Antioch, and Roger soon called on the heads of the other crusader states,Baldwin I of Jerusalem,Pons of Tripoli andBaldwin II of Edessa.[5]
Roger defeated Bursuq in theBattle of Tell Danith on 14 September 1115.[6][7] After Bursuq's defeat, the Seljuks of Mosul refrained from launching a new military expedition against the crusader states in Syria for ten years.[2]