The Ahmadilis (), also known as the Atabegs of Maragheh ( Atābakān-e Marāghe, ) were a local Turcoman dynasty who ruled from the early 12th century until 1208–09 in Maragheh itself and in Ru'in Dez for some years after the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire. They ruled approximately from 1122 to 1225.

Notices in the chronicles of this localised line of Atabegs are only sporadic, and numismatic evidences have not thus far been found, so it is difficult to reconstruct their chronology and genealogy. Bosworth says that they were a dynasty of Oghuz Turk origin that started with Aq Sunqur Ahmadili, who was presumably a freedman of the Kurdish commander of the Seljuq Empire, Ahmadil ibn Ibrahim. A female member of the family, Sulafa Khatun, was ruling Maragheh until these places were sacked by the Mongols in 1221. In 1225, Sulafa Khatun married the Khwarazmshah Jalal al-Din Mangburni, who administered her territories. In 1231, the region fell to the Mongol armies.

Ahmadilis

Rulers

Aq Sunqur I, 1122-1134

Ak Sunkur II, 1134-1169

Ala al-Din Korpe Arslan and Rukn al-Din, 1134-1173

Falak al-Din, 1173-1189

Ala-al-Din Korpe Arslan, 1189-1208

Arslan-Aba II, 1208-1209

Sulafa Khatun, 1209-1225

See also

Turkic peoples#History

Timeline of the Turkic peoples (500–1300)

Ahmadilis

References

Bibliography

Further reading

Middle Eastern dynasties

History of East Azerbaijan Province

Maragheh County

Atabegs

Ahmadilis