- The
Zengid or
Zangid dynasty, also
referred to as the
Atabegate of Mosul,
Aleppo and
Damascus (Arabic: أتابكة الموصل وحلب ودمشق), or the
Zengid State...
-
mercenary commander in
service of the
Zengid dynasty,
Saladin was sent to
Fatimid Egypt in 1164, on the
orders of the
Zengid ruler Nur ad-Din. With
their original...
- an army to meet the
Zengids, who were near Rafaniyya. Initially, the
Zengids avoided battle and Pons
chased them, but the
Zengids turned back and fought...
- (Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb), and
ruler of Erbil. He
served both the
Zengid and
Ayyubid rulers of
Syria and Egypt. He pla**** a
pivotal role in Saladin's...
- 1154, when it was
taken by the
ruler of Aleppo, Nur ed-Din,
founder of the
Zengid dynasty. The
Burids lost to the
Crusaders in the
battle of Marj al-Saffar...
- ad-Din (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), was a
Turkoman member of the
Zengid dynasty, who
ruled the
Syrian province (Shām) of the
Seljuk Empire. He reigned...
- Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the
namesake and
founder of the
Zengid dynasty of atabegs. Zengi's father, Aq
Sunqur al-Hajib,
governor of Aleppo...
-
accompany his many
historical works and
worked as a man of
letters during the
Zengid and
Ayyubid period.
Muhammad was born in Isfahan, to a
Persian family, in...
- son Kara Aslan. Kara
Aslan allied with
Joscelin II of
Edessa against the
Zengids, and
while Joscelin was away in 1144,
Zengi recaptured Edessa, the first...
- 1170),
Zengid Emir of
Mosul Qutb al-Din
Aibak (died 1210),
founder of the
Mamluk Sultanate of
Delhi Qutb ad-Din
Muhammad (died 1219),
Zengid Emir of...
