Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c. 1085 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of...
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Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī (نور الدين محمود زنگي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), was a...
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Prince Mohammad Shammaa Zengi III (Mohammad Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammad Zengi, 1883–1954; Arabic: محمد بن عبد الله بن محمد شماع الزنكي ) was a member and...
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decided to name Zengi, son of Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Seljuk Governor of Aleppo, as the new Seljuk atabeg of Mosul. Before this nomination, Zengi had been a successful...
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was led by Imad al-Din Zengi who besieged and captured the city of Hama, then held by the Burids. At the beginning of 1130 Zengi desired to gain political...
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al-Malik al-Adil Zengi Ibn Moudud (Arabic: أبو الفتح عماد الدين "الملك العادل" زنكي بن مودود; died 1197), better known as Imad ad-Din Zengi II, was an emir...
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December 1144, resulting in the fall of the capital of the County of Edessa to Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo. This event was the catalyst for the Second...
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1127-1146. As son of Mahmud II, he was appointed governor of Mosul in 1127 with Zengi as his atabeg. While governor in name only, Alp aspired to replace Ghiyath...
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He was the eldest son of Imad al-Din Zengi of Mosul, and the elder brother of Nur ad-Din. In 1146 Imad al-Din Zengi was besieging the fortress of Qal'at...
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