meleschah

Updated: September 5, 2025

Ortok, towards the end of the tenth century, made himself master of the holy city, whence his children were for a time driven out by Mostali, Calif of Egypt. In 1076, Meleschah, the third of the Turkish race, took Jerusalem, and ravaged the whole country.

Michael Russell - Palestine or the Holy Land : From the Earliest Period to the Present Time