atsiz

Updated: May 28, 2025

One of the lieutenants of Malek Shah, Atsiz the Carizmian, marched into Syria at the head of a powerful army, and reduced Damascus by famine and the sword.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

The cruelty or the defeat of Atsiz was soon punished by the sultan Toucush, the brother of Malek Shah, who, with a higher title and more formidable powers, asserted the dominion of Syria and Palestine.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5