Yuluq Arslan

Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (r.1184-1204) was an Artuqid dynasty ruler of the regions of Mardin and Mayyafariqin. His coinage displays an armoured Turk ruler holding a severed head in his left hand.[2] The obverse acknowledges the religious affiliation to the Abbasid caliph.[2][3][4]

He was succeeded by his son Artuq Arslan.

References

Whelan Type IV, 58 (for rev.); S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4.
"Coin British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
BMC Oriental 3 / The coins of the Turkuman houses of Seljook, Urtuk, Zengee, etc in the British Museum, classes X-XIV, 409 p.153
Hillenbrand, Robert (1 January 1999). Islamic Art and Architecture. Thames and Hudson. p. 133, Fig. 104. ISBN 978-0-500-20305-7.

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[1] Whelan Type IV, 58 (for rev.); S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4.

[BM-2] "Coin British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.

[3] BMC Oriental 3 / The coins of the Turkuman houses of Seljook, Urtuk, Zengee, etc in the British Museum, classes X-XIV, 409 p.153

[4] Hillenbrand, Robert (1 January 1999). Islamic Art and Architecture. Thames and Hudson. p. 133, Fig. 104. ISBN 978-0-500-20305-7.