Talk:Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan

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Isn't he more commonly called "Ridwan"? Every English account that I've seen that mentions him uses that transliteration. john k 23:26, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Me too, although sometimes it is also "Rudwan". Adam Bishop 23:00, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Requested move 30 March 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 19:49, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan → Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan – Though some source use Radwan, a lot of WP:RS, like Lewis, Runciman, and Cahen prefer Ridvan, while Bosworth uses Ridwan. --► Sincerely:  Sola virum  17:42, 30 March 2021 (UTC) --► Sincerely:  Sola  virum  17:42, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Are you sure that the majority of sources use the 'Ridvan' spelling? My main gripe is that this would be contrasting with the common Arabic spelling (which uses 'w' and not 'v') used throughout sources (and also in Wikipedia for that matter) regarding this period. It would a bit inconsistent. --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:34, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm really not sure. Throughout A History of the Crusades: The First Hundred Years, which has authors like Lewis, Runciman, and Cahen in its team, "Ridvan" is used. Others, Maalouf, Hodgson, and Bosworth, use "Ridwan". Gibb uses "Rudwan". --► Sincerely:  Sola virum  18:07, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * So that's just one source which uses Ridvan spelling then? That doesn't seem very convincing. Peacock uses Ridwan as well. --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * So, Ridwan seems to be more of a WP:COMMONNAME than its other variants. --► Sincerely:  Sola virum  21:23, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

21:01, 29 March 2021‎ EmausBot talk contribs block‎ m 34 bytes +4‎  Bot: Fixing double redirect to Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan rollback: 2 editsundo Tags: Redirect target changed Manual revert 20:50, 29 March 2021‎ EmausBot talk contribs block‎ m 30 bytes −4‎  Bot: Fixing double redirect to Radwan of Aleppo undo Tags: Redirect target changed Reverted 07:44, 16 March 2019‎ ZxxZxxZ talk contribs block‎ 34 bytes +34‎  ←Redirected page to Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan thank Tag: New redirect Hopefully this will lead to stability. And thanks to contributors above for a learned, interesting and rational discussion. Andrewa (talk) 19:49, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Supporting move to Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan, as it the WP:COMMONNAME. --► Sincerely:  Sola virum  22:19, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing comments: I note previous moves indicated by the (now overwritten) page history of the target

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Melikdom?
Is the use of melikdom correct here? Melik seems to be an Armenian title, used, as far as I can tell, exclusively in a different geographic region (Eastern Armenia). I can't find any search results on Google for "Seljuk melikdom" or "Syrian melikdom". Perhaps amir/emir (emirate) should be stuck to instead? See, for example, Shams al-Muluk Duqaq: this article describes him as founding a "melikdom" in Damascusus while that article simply refers to him as "Emir of Damascus". Jr8825 •  Talk  20:01, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * "Meliklik" is solely used in Turkish sources. I haven't seen the usage of "emirate" in English sources. Also, Melikdom is an Arabic term, not the other one. --► Sincerely:  Sola virum  20:34, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , it is referred to as Malikdom here. --► Sincerely:  Sola virum  20:36, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification! Jr8825  •  Talk  20:41, 2 May 2021 (UTC)