Atabeg

For the village in Azerbaijan, see Atabəy.
"Atabak" redirects here. For the places in Iran, see Atabak, Iran.
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' was atabeg for the Zengid dynasty from 1211 to 1234. Kitāb al-aghānī fronstispiece, Mosul, 1218-1219. Vol IV. Cairo, Egyptian National Library, Ms Farsi 579

Atabeg, Atabek,[1] or Atabey is a hereditary title of nobility of Turkic origin, indicating a governor of a nation or province who was subordinate to a monarch and charged with raising the crown prince. The first instance of the title's use was with early Seljuk Turks who bestowed it on the Persian vizier Nizam al-Mulk.[1][2] It was later used in the Kingdom of Georgia, first within the Armeno-Georgian family of Mkhargrdzeli as a military title and then within the house of Jaqeli as princes of Samtskhe.[3]

  1. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Seljūks" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 609.
  2. ^ Atabak, Encyclopedia Iranica. Accessed February 1, 2007. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/atabak-turkish-atabeg-lit
  3. ^ The Turco-Mongol Invasions, Reactions of the Armenian Lords, Mongol Control Techniques Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine