Ahmadilis

The Ahmadilis[4] (Persian: احمدیلی), also known as the Atabegs of Maragheh (اتابکان مراغه), Romanized as Atābakān-e Marāghe, were Atabegs of the Seljuk Empire and 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.

[4] Notices in the chronicles of this localised line of Atabegs are only sporadic, and numismatic evidences have not thus far been found,[4] so it is difficult to reconstruct their chronology and genealogy.

[4] Bosworth says that they were a dynasty of Oghuz Turk origin that started with Aq Sunqur Ahmadili, who was presumably a freedman of the commander of the Seljuq Empire, Ahmadil ibn Ibrahim.

[5] 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.

The Governor of Maraghah, in the Maqamat al-Hariri . Maqama 06, BNF Arabe3929 (painted circa 1200-1210). [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.