Abu Sa'id Taj al-Dawla Tutush or Tutush I, was the Seljuk emir of Damascus from 1078 to 1092, and sultan of Damascus from 1092 to 1094.
10 Facts About Tutush I
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Later that year, Tutush reached Aleppo, then ruled by the Mirdasid emir Sabiq ibn Mahmud, and began a three-month-long siege of the city.
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Tutush I later expanded his realm by annexing Sidon, Gibelacar, Tiberias, Ramla, Jaffa and Jerusalem, which he granted to Artuk Bey, another Seljuk commander.
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Tutush I later returned to besieging Aleppo and called for reinforcements from Malik-Shah, yet his reinforcements were ambushed and routed by a coalition of Arab tribesmen led by Kilabi chief Abu Za'ida at Wadi Butnan.
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Tutush I consequently withdrew to Diyar Bakr where he spent the winter.
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In 1080, Tutush I determined to capture Aleppo by force, in which he wanted to strip it from its nearby defenses; hence, he seized Manbij, Hisn al-Faya, Biza'a and Azaz.
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Tutush I later influenced Sabiq to cede the emirate to the Uqaylid emir Muslim ibn Quraysh "Sharaf al-Dawla".
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Tutush I finished the construction of the Citadel of Damascus, a project begun under the direction of Atsiz.
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Tutush I took control of Syria in 1092, following the death of his brother, Malik-Shah, naming himself sultan.
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Tutush I was decapitated and his head was displayed in Baghdad.