sentences:  They also acquired links with the branch of the Artuqid dynasty based in Meyyafarikin (now Silvan), becoming part of a nexus of Turkmen principalities in Upper Mesopotamia and Eastern Anatolia.The Ahlatshahs reached their brightest period under the fifty-seven-year reign of Sökmen II (1128–1185).He was married to a female relative (daughter or sister) of the Saltukid ruler Saltuk II.