{"title":"THE SALJUQ AL-MALIK DĀ’ŪD IBN MAḤMŪD IBN MUḤAMMAD AND HIS ROLE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE THRONE OF THE SALJUQ SULTANATE (525-538 AH / 1131-1143 AD)","authors":"","doi":"10.54134/jjha.15.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54134/jjha.15.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"The Saljuq al-Malik Dā’ūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad was the crown prince during the reign of his father, Sultan Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Malakshah, and was sultan for a short period after the death of his father. This article examines his personality and career in terms of his birth, lineage, upbringing, and culture and his role as crown prince and sultan as he struggled for the throne with his uncles Sultans Tughril and Mas‘ūd. The article investigates the circumstances for his failure to succeed his father during the disputed succession.\u0000The study concludes that Dawud’s young age when his father, Sultan Maḥmūd, died and the support of his father’s uncle Sultan Sanjar for his uncles played major roles in his inability to remain sultan once he came of age.","PeriodicalId":370991,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124538812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE ARTISTIC ELEMENTS DRAWN ON A LATE BRONZE AGE POTTERY JAR FROM TELL ZARA‘A/WADI EL-ARAB IN NORTHERN JORDAN","authors":"","doi":"10.54134/jjha.15.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54134/jjha.15.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses a unique scene drawn on a pottery jar found during the archaeological excavations of Tell Zara‘a in northern Jordan. The research describes the elements of the drawing in detail and highlights the artistic components of the painting which can be linked to the historical, cultural and environmental context of the northern Jordan Valley and its surrounding areas. The article also focuses on the comparative analysis of the drawing elements of the jar. The study emphasizes the uniqueness of the drawing on the jar and the rarity of some elements among the Late Bronze bichrome ware vessels excavated in the region.","PeriodicalId":370991,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131342229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}