Al-Taj Gümüshtegin, also known as Fakhr al-Dawla Gümüshtegin al-Tājī, eunuch governor of Baalbek through 1110, a freedman of

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. Al-Taj briefly jailed Tutush’s son

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in 1104 before he was released by

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. He was replaced by Toghtekin’s son Buri. In exchange for Baalbek, Toghtekin granted al-Taj the fortress of

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where he died in 1131.

References

* {{Runciman-A History of the Crusades, volume=2, page=95 * Gibb, N. A. R., Editor, ''The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades. Extracted and translated from the Chronicle of ibn al-Qalānisi'', Luzac & Company, London, 1932, pgs. 63-65, 71, 77. 79 Muslims of the Crusades 12th-century Turkic people 12th century in Asia Baalbek District Eunuchs Medieval slaves