- 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...
- (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...
- the
chief threat to the
Crusaders from the east and
north became the
Zengids. The
conflict was
generally fought between European Crusaders and the Seljuk...
-
victory over the
Zengids,
which left
Saladin in
control of Damascus, Baalbek, and Homs. Gökböri
commanded the
right wing of the
Zengid army,
which broke...
- 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...
- al-Malik al-Afdal Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhi ibn Marwān (Arabic: الملك ألأفضل نجم الدين أيوب بن شاذي بن مروان, Kurdish: نەجمەدین ئەییووبی شادی مەڕوان...
-
campaign into
Hakkari territory, the
Hakkari tribesmen enlisted in the
Zengid army as mercenaries,
numbering over 4,000-6,000. They
established the Hakkariyya...
- Qutb al-Din
Mawdud (died 6
September 1170) was the
Zengid Emir of
Mosul from 1149 to 1169. He was the son of Imad al-Din
Zengi and
brother and successor...
- 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...
