The Ahmadilis, Atabegs of Maragheh (1122-1225)

The line was founded by Aq Sunqur, a Turkic commander of Ahmadil, the earlier lord of Maragheh, who took the city after his master's death. The dynasty took its name, the Ahmadilis, from him.

The Ahmadilis were atabegs subject to the Seljuk sultans. They ruled Maragheh and its district and backed one sultan or another in the struggles for the throne at Hamadan. Rivalry with their neighbours, the Eldiguzids, fills much of their history.

The chronicles say little about them and no coins in their name have been found. Maragheh slipped from their hands in 1208-1209, and the last of the line held out in the fortress of Ru'in Dez until 1225.